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Hip Quotes: John K. Hutchens

“A writer and nothing else:  a man alone in a room with the English language, trying to get human feelings right.”

– John K. Hutchens –

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Hip Quotes: Gene Fowler

“Writing is easy:  All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.”

– Gene Fowler –

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Hip Quotes: Francis Bacon

“Write down the thoughts of the moment.  Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.”

– Francis Bacon –

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Hip Quotes: Joan Baez

“It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them.  The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.”

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Hip Quotes: Denise Levertov

“Let me walk through the fields of papertouching with my wanddry stems and stuntedbutterflies….”

– Denise Levertov –

Category: poetrysongs

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Hip Quotes: Blaise Pascal

“When we see a natural style we are quite amazed and delighted, because we expected to see an author and find a man. ”

– Blaise Pascal –

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Hip Quotes: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

“When you are describing,A shape, or sound, or tint;Don’t state the matter plainly,But put it in a hint;And learn to look at all things,With a sort of mental squint.”

– Charles Lutwidge Dodgson –

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Hip Quotes: Elias Canetti

“The process of writing has something infinite about it.  Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation.”

– Elias Canetti –

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