In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry.

Quote by Margaret Laurence

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In some families, 'please' is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it...

In some families, 'please' is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it...

In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it...

In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it...

When I say work I only mean writing. Everything else is just odd jobs.

When I say work I only mean writing. Everything else is just odd jobs.

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner...

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner...

People say I give the best head, and they're not always talking about sex.

People say I give the best head, and they're not always talking about sex.

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands...

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands...

Critics don't bother me because if I do badly, I know I'm bad before they...

Critics don't bother me because if I do badly, I know I'm bad before they...

What a writer brings to any story is an attitude

What a writer brings to any story is an attitude

Writing a story or a novel is one way of discovering sequence in experience, of...

Writing a story or a novel is one way of discovering sequence in experience, of...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

When I write of hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for...

When I write of hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for...

Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find...

Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find...

She realized as a girl of eight that if she sat down and wrote her...

She realized as a girl of eight that if she sat down and wrote her...

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers...

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers...

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no...

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no...

The real story is not the plot, but how the characters unfold by it.

The real story is not the plot, but how the characters unfold by it.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around...

Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around...

Sometimes he advertises himself assiduously, writing a few words and then rushing to the talk...

Sometimes he advertises himself assiduously, writing a few words and then rushing to the talk...

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past...

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past...