Writing’s a lot like cooking. Sometimes the cake won’t rise, no matter what you do, and every now and again the cake tastes better than you

Writing’s a lot like cooking. Sometimes the cake won’t rise, no matter what you do, and every now and again the cake tastes better than you ever could have dreamed it would.

–
Neil Gaiman,

Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

Max looked around. “Where’s your mutt “”Right here, asleep. He won’t bite you again. I’ve talked to him about it, and he’s really sorry

Max looked around. ‘Where’s your mutt ‘
‘Right here, asleep. He won’t bite you again. I’ve talked to him about it, and he’s really sorry

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Rachel Gibson

Some people won’t have kids, but I m not going to have parents. I m burning their birth certificates and defacing their gravestones tonight.

Some people won’t have kids, but I m not going to have parents. I m burning their birth certificates and defacing their gravestones tonight.

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Bauvard,

Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic

Read sometimes for the story, Bobby. Don’t be like the book-snobs who won’t do that. Read sometimes for the words – the language. Don’t be

Read sometimes for the story, Bobby. Don’t be like the book-snobs who won’t do that. Read sometimes for the words – the language. Don’t be like the play-it-safers that won’t do that. But when you find a book that has both good story and good words, treasure that book.

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Stephen King,

Hearts in Atlantis

No. You won’t do. You’ve treated me nicely, yes, but only because you find me curious and amusing. It made me feel so lonely, somehow… I’m

No. You won’t do. You’ve treated me nicely, yes, but only because you find me curious and amusing. It made me feel so lonely, somehow… I’m really just a foolish and useless person.

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Osamu Dazai,

Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy

Have you ever been going somewhere with a crowd and you’re certain it’s the wrong road and you tell them, but they won’t listen, so you just

Have you ever been going somewhere with a crowd and you’re certain it’s the wrong road and you tell them, but they won’t listen, so you just have to plod along in what you know is the wrong direction till somebody more important gets the same idea

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James Hilton,

Random Harvest