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July 2011 - page 2

ANAIS NIN ~ ON WRITING

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“If you do not breathe through writing, if you
do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don’t write,
because our culture has no use for it.”
Anais Nin

SOMERSET MAUGHAM ~ ON POETRY

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The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It is the achievement of beauty and delicacy. The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.
~W. Somerset Maugham

WOODY ALLEN ~ ON DEATH

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“I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”

Woody Allen

W.H. AUDEN ~ HOW DOES A POET EARN HIS MONEY?

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“It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.”
~W.H. Auden

FRANK ZAPPA ~ ON THE MIND

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“Your mind is like a parachute… it functions only when open”

Frank Zappa

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