"The writer's duty is to keep on writing."

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Source : William Styron (2015). “My Generation: Collected Nonfiction”, p.417, Random House

William Styron

#Writing Quotes #Duty Quotes

“The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken.”
“My heart beats so hard it hurts, and I can't scream and I can't breathe, but I also feel everything, every vein and every fiber, every bone and every nerve, all awake and buzzing in my body as if charged with electricity. I am pure adrenaline.”
“A story-a true story-can heal as much as medicine can.”

Source : Eben Alexander (2012). “Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey Into the Afterlife”, p.144, Simon and Schuster
“Itâ€™s time to let go, be guided and expect miracles.”
“There can be no one best way of organizing a business.”
“Those who think that in order to dress well it is necessary to dress extravagantly or grandly, make a great mistake. Nothing so well becomes true feminine beauty as simplicity.”
“The closest natural area to you is the wild, naturally intelligent biological community within you.”
“Singing is my form of expression; it's what I've always done and I hope that in some capacity I'll always have that outlet. In the next few weeks I'm getting together with many varied kinds of songwriters. I'd really like to explore a few things and see what I can come out with.”

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