Novelists do not write as birds sing, by the push of nature. It is part of the job that there should be much routine and some daily stuff on the level of carpentry.

Quote by William Golding

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Childhood is a disease - a sickness that you grow out of.

Childhood is a disease - a sickness that you grow out of.

My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over...

My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over...

What a man does defiles him, not what is done by others.

What a man does defiles him, not what is done by others.

He who rides the sea of the Nile must have sails woven of patience.

He who rides the sea of the Nile must have sails woven of patience.

Language fits over experience like a straight-jacket.

Language fits over experience like a straight-jacket.

Sleep is when all the unsorted stuff comes flying out as from a dustbin upset...

Sleep is when all the unsorted stuff comes flying out as from a dustbin upset...

The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should...

The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should...

The journey of life is like a man riding a bicycle. We know he got...

The journey of life is like a man riding a bicycle. We know he got...

It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best,...

It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best,...

After your first day of cycling, one dream is inevitable. A memory of motion lingers...

After your first day of cycling, one dream is inevitable. A memory of motion lingers...

It never gets easier, you just go faster.

It never gets easier, you just go faster.

The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine.

The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine.

The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old...

The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old...

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

Government must help to eliminate cars so that bicycles can help to eliminate government.

Government must help to eliminate cars so that bicycles can help to eliminate government.

Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with...

Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with...

Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I have hope for the human race.

Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I have hope for the human race.

As a kid I had a dream, I wanted to own my own bicycle. When...

As a kid I had a dream, I wanted to own my own bicycle. When...

Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong...

Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong...

Life is like riding a bicycle: you don't fall off unless you stop pedaling.

Life is like riding a bicycle: you don't fall off unless you stop pedaling.