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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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...

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

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

Language fits over experience like a straight-jacket.

Language fits over experience like a straight-jacket.

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.

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.

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...