"Mostly, you become a writer not because you want to get rich or famous, but because you have to write; because there is something inside that must come out."

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Source : Gene Weingarten (2010). “The Fiddler in the Subway: The Story of the World-Class Violinist Who Played for Handouts. . . And Other Virtuoso Performances by America's Foremost Feature Writer”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

Gene Weingarten

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“After I had done a handful of cartoons I was satisfied with, I started submitting them to the magazines.”
“But I don't want to die! I have so much to do!”
“It's gonna be short if it's news; put it at the top. Style's not an issue, just make it news.”
“He is mad, bad and dangerous to know.”

Source : Writing of Byron in her journal after their first meeting at a ball in March, 1812: Elizabeth Jenkins 'Lady Caroline Lamb' (1932) ch. 6.
“Mexico's No. 1 drug lord has escaped from prison and may be headed to the U.S. So Donald Trump was wrong. They ARE sending us their best.”
“Guilt results from unused life, from the unlived in us.”

Source : Ernest Becker (1997). “The Denial of Death”, p.180, Simon and Schuster
“Only look to Jesus. He died for you, died in your place, died under the frowns of heaven, that we might die under its smile.”

Source : John Fletcher (1860). “The Works of the Rev. John Fletcher, Late Vicar of Madeley”, p.237
“We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.”

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