"Who knows but that, on the lower frequencies, I speak for you?"

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Ralph Ellison

“You never know if you're a writer. You can't trust it. If you woke up and said, 'I'm a writer,' it would be gone. You wouldn't see anything for miles - even the dust would be running away.”

Source : "Life stories". Interview with Louise France, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2005.
“I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.”

Source : John Buchan (2016). “The Complete Works of John Buchan (Unabridged): Thriller Classics, Spy Novels, Supernatural Tales, Short Stories, Poetry, Historical Works, The Great War Writings, Essays, Biographies & Memoirs – All in One Volume”, p.1830, e-artnow
“The soul yearns to fly home on the wings of love to the world of ideas. It longs to be freed from the chains of the body.”
“Television is interesting, in that the pace is quicker and you can see your work more quickly than with movies. And then, with the added social media aspect, you can access that relationship to the fans directly and you have control of the content of what you say, your perspective, your opinions and your ideas.”
“I have no privacy anymore.”
“Fantasy/science-fiction stories have been around almost as long as each genre, but every hybrid now lives in the shadow of 'Star Wars.'”
“It is obvious that no difficulty in the way of world government can match the danger of a world without it.”

Source : "The Great Rehearsal: The Story of the Making and Ratifying of the Constitution of the United States". Book by Carl Clinton Van Doren, 1948.
“Repeat nothing - absolutely nothing - that is told you in confidence. There is no such thing as telling just one person.”

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