"Don't look at the world with your..." - Quote by Mark Twain
Don't look at the world with your hands in your pockets. To write about it you have to reach out and touch it.
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“Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.”
“Well enough for old folks to rise early, because they have done so many mean things all their lives they can't sleep anyhow.”
“What's your name?" "Becky Thatcher. What's yours? Oh, I know. It's Thomas Sawyer." "That's the name they lick me by. I'm Tom when I'm good. You call me Tom, will you?" "Yes”
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“Love is easy, and I love writing. You can't resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you're in love.”
“After you finish a book, you know, you're dead. But no one knows you're dead. All they see is the irresponsibility that comes in after the terrible responsibility of writing.”
“Believe me, if anybody has a job and starts at 9, there's no reason why they can't get up at 4:30 or five and write for a couple of hours, and give their employers their second-best effort of the day - which is what I did.”