A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.

Roald Dahl
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  2. You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. - Ray Bradbury

  3. The road to hell is paved with adverbs. - Stephen King

  4. Fiction is the truth inside the lie. - Stephen King

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  1. It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.

  2. Life is more fun if you play games.

  3. If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

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