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Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. As in other sciences, so in politics, it is impossible that all things should be precisely set down in writing; for enactments must be universal, but actions are concerned with particulars. Hence we infer that sometimes and in certain cases laws may be changed.

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Wilson was once asked how long it took him to write a speech. He answered, 'That depends. If I am to speak 10 minutes, I need a week for preparation. If 15 minutes, 3 days. If half hour, two days. If an hour, I am ready now.'

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If we learned to walk and talk the way we learn to read and write, everyone would limp and stutter.

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But I account the use that a man should seek of the publishing of his own writings before his death, to be but an untimely anticipation of that which is proper to follow a man, and not to go along with him.

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In old days the public didn't really mind much about accuracy, but nowadays readers take it upon themselves to write to authors on every possible occasion, pointing out flaws.

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Take the pencil and write under my name, 'I forgive her.

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For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.

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Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.

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I wanted to escape the unrest, to shut out the voices around me and within me, so I write.

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One should use common words to say uncommon things

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A poem begins with a lump in the throat

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The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.

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I rewrote the ending of 'Farewell to Arms' 39 times before I was satisfied.

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I'm uncomfortable trying to rush change of perception, except to the extent that I'm going to write a book.

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If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.

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Taking the question in general, I should say, in the case of many poets, that the most important thing for them to do ... is to write as little as possible

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Ye who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities. [Lat., Sumite materiam vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus.]

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There is no left and right in writing. There is only good and bad writing.

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I read a lot. I spend of lot time thinking. It actually looks like I'm doing nothing, but... hanging out with clever and interesting people is a must if you're writing comedy, like hanging out with a good bass player when you're a drummer.

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Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them.

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