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Few of us write great novels; all of us live them.

Few of us write great novels; all of us live them.

Mignon McLaughlin
Life, Writing, Novel
Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.87, BookBaby

You will turn over many a futile new leaf till you learn we must all write on scratched-out pages.

Mignon McLaughlin
Writing, Growth, Pages
Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.56, BookBaby

Everybody can write; writers can't do anything else.

Mignon McLaughlin
Writing
Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.86, BookBaby

A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote.

Mignon McLaughlin
Book, Writing, Reviews
"The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

The best work is done with the heart breaking, or overflowing.

Mignon McLaughlin
Writing, Heart, Joy
Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.58, BookBaby

An old racetrack joke reminds you that your program contains all the winners' names. I stare at my typewriter keys with the same thought.

Mignon McLaughlin
Writing, Keys, Typewriters
Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.69, BookBaby

There's only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that's a writer sitting down to write.

Mignon McLaughlin
Children, Writing, Night
Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.88, BookBaby

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