Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can it be said that death has no dominion over them; they live, and their influence lives forever.

Quote by William Styron

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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live...

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live...

And so we came forth, and once again beheld the stars.

And so we came forth, and once again beheld the stars.

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

Mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from natural experience, the gray drizzle of...

Mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from natural experience, the gray drizzle of...

The writer's duty is to keep on writing.

The writer's duty is to keep on writing.

Reading - the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay.

Reading - the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay.

Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats... for...

Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats... for...

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can...

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can...

I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty...

I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty...

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live...

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live...

Let's face it, writing is hell.

Let's face it, writing is hell.

I think it's unfortunate to have critics for friends.

I think it's unfortunate to have critics for friends.

The writer's duty is to keep on writing

The writer's duty is to keep on writing

Women with clean houses do not have finished books.

Women with clean houses do not have finished books.

Every piece of writing... starts from what I call a grit... a sight or sound,...

Every piece of writing... starts from what I call a grit... a sight or sound,...

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

To be a well-favored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read...

To be a well-favored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read...

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.