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Orwell on writing books

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.

George Orwell

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. George… Continue Reading →

Neil Gaiman on his writing process

Sometimes I’ll jot things down before I start, though. But normally I only find out what it’s about and what’s happening when it’s being written.

Neil Gaiman (link)

Sometimes I’ll jot things down before I start, though. But normally I only find out what it’s about and what’s happening when it’s being written. Neil Gaiman (link)

P. G. Wodehouse on friendship

There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.

P. G. Wodehouse

There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature. P. G. Wodehouse

Neil Gaiman on dragons and fairy tales

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

Neil Gaiman, Coraline

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. Neil Gaiman, Coraline

J.R.R. Tolkien on what’s worth fighting for

There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.

J.R.R. Tolkien

There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for. J.R.R. Tolkien

Jane Austen on friendship

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

J.K. Rowling on human nature

If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Orwell on speaking the truth

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

George Orwell

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell

Jane Austen on reading

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

Tolkien on wandering

Not all those who wander are lost.

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

Not all those who wander are lost. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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