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The freelance writer is the person who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps. — Robert Benchley

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. — Somerset Maugham

Easy reading is damn hard writing. — Maya Angelou

Why shouldn’t truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense. — Mark Twain

I write when I’m inspired, and I see to it that I’m inspired at nine o’clock every morning. — Peter de Vries

You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.— Jack London

The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. — Mark Twain