"language is magical - it's a form of conjuring. If you do it convincingly, readers will follow you."

-- Ruth Ozeki

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“In researching literary agents I did what the books tell you to do: I looked at the acknowledgments page of a book that was similar to mine. Happily, that author thanked his agent. I looked up the agent on the web and found out that he not only represented authors writing books similar to mine, but I knew some of his clients! So, I sent in the manuscript, and they decided to represent it.”

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“The past is a distraction, a source of envy, enmity, bitterness. Only the present matters, for only in the present can we shape the future. Cut loose the past; it is dead weight. Let the Extirpation continue. Let it never end.”
“If we desire peace, we must prepare for peace. The most important thing is to build a culture of peace.”
“I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion.”
“The metaphor for Palestine is stronger than the Palestine of reality.”
“Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.”
“Sociotropic voters with biased economic beliefs are more likely to produce severe political failures than are selfish voters with rational expectations.”
“Read as much as you can. Write only when you feel the inner need to do so. And donâ€™t ever rush into print.”

Source : Nick Flynn (2016). “Another Bullshit Night in Suck City”, p.191, Faber & Faber

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