"I always write the best that I can. And I won't publish it until I have done it right."

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Frederick Busch

#Writing Quotes #Done Quotes #Publish Quotes

“That was the big effect Lord of the Rings had on me. It was discovering New Zealand. And even more precious were the people- not at all like the Australians.”
“Those who say they understand Chess, understand nothing”
“Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!”
“Wouldnâ€™t that be an incredibly stupid thing to do? To say â€˜I never want to smoke againâ€™, then spend the rest of your life saying â€˜Iâ€™d love a cigarette.â€™ Thatâ€™s what smokers who use the Willpower Method do. No wonder they feel so miserable. They spend the rest of their lives desperately moping for something that they desperately hope they will never have.”
“No university on Earth gives master's degrees of living, of happiness. How strange! We seem to be missing the essential, the all-encompassing knowledge for which universities were originally created!”
“Buddhism is not concerned just with private destiny, but with the lives and consciousness of all beingsAny attempt to understand Buddhism apart from its social dimension is fundamentally a mistake. Until Western Buddhists understand this, their embrace of Buddhism will not help very much in the efforts to bring about meaningful and positive social change, or even in their struggle to transform their ego.”
“Your pretty empire took so long to build, now, with a snap of history's fingers, down it goes.”
“When I returned to short stories, I'd started working on what is still central to much of what I try to do: putting myself in the place of the alien rather than describing it from an outside point of view.”

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