That’s what you’re looking for as a writer when you’re working. You’re looking for your own freedom.

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"You be greater than your feelings. I don’t demand this of you—life does."

- Philip Roth

Courage

"You be greater than your feelings. I don’t demand this of you—life does. Otherwise, you’ll be washed away by feelings. You’ll be washed out to sea and never seen again."

- Philip Roth

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"Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre."

- Philip Roth

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"You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."

- Maya Angelou

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"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless."

- Jamie Paolinetti

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"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

- Herman Melville

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"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."

- Oscar Wilde

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"Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too."

- Isabel Allende

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