...a writer without authority? Impossible. as Kenneth Burke says, creation implies authority in the sense of originator....

John Geddes

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...is the writer a prophet or priest - does he show the truth or serve the truth?...

John Geddes

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...authority is the unmistakeable tone in the voice of a true writer...

John Geddes

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...people quote proverbs without realizing they're really in awe of the authority of their truth and the power of their expression...

John Geddes

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...how many writers still dare compare a woman to Nature, like Campion? - there is a garden in her face - how lovely...

John Geddes

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Go where the pain is, go where the pleasure is.

Anne Rice

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Don't let yourself slip and get any perfect characters... keep them people, people, people, and don't let them get to be symbols.

Ernest Hemingway

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Don’t start right off writing the ‘Great American Novel’, that's too much pressure and you'll get disappointed; start with porn, it’s fun and a good way to get your feet wet.

scavola

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There are two moments worthwhile in writing, the one when you start and the other when you throw it in the waste-paper basket.

Samuel Beckett

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Raise the bar. Don't duck under it.

Peter James West

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