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If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time. - Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937) Thursday, January 22, 2004 06:04 a.m.

I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me. - Archibald Leach

Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant. - - Archibald Leach [Cary Grant] Sunday, January 18, 2004 06:12 a.m.

The more serious you are as a writer, the more you feel yourself an outsider. - William Kennedy Friday, January 16, 2004 05:59 a.m.

Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong. - George Carlin Thursday, January 15, 2004 06:20 a.m.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. - Henry James Sunday, January 11, 2004 08:39 a.m.

Why be yourself if you can be somebody interesting? Imagine a life. Imagine yourself being something other than what you are. - Philip Levine Saturday, January 10, 2004 06:36 a.m.

Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing. Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. - E. L. Doctrow Tuesday, January 6, 2004 06:00 a.m.

May all your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, and lead to the most amazing view. -Edward Abbey Friday, January 2, 2004 03:12 p.m.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. -Mark Twain Thursday, December 18, 2003 06:02 a.m.

Even the worst artist that ever was, even a one-eyed mental deficient with the shakes in both hands who sets out to paint the chicken-house, can enjoy the first stroke. Can think, By God, look what I've done. A miracle. Must be one of the keenest pleasures open to mankind. It's certainly the greatest an artist can have. It's also the only one. And it doesn't last long, usually about five minutes. - Joycs Cary Sunday, December 7, 2003 05:50 a.m.

It is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one's existence, — that which makes its truth, its meaning — its subtle and penetrating essence. It is impossible. We live, as we dream — alone. - Joseph Conrad Wednesday, December 3, 2003 05:57 a.m.

First you have nothing, and then, astonishingly, after ripping out your brain and your heart and betraying your friends and ex-lovers and dreaming like a zombie over the page till you can't see or hear or smell or taste, you have something. - T.C.Boyle Tuesday, December 2, 2003 05:54 a.m.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying. - Woody Allen Monday, December 1, 2003 06:08 a.m.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Samuel Clemens Sunday, November 30, 2003 08:16 a.m.

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