Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
Substitute damn every time you’re inclined to write very; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
— Mark Twain
Poets don’t draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.
— Jean Cocteau
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