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Manuscripts Quotes

This was a manuscript of the night we couldn’t read.

This was a manuscript of the night we couldn’t read.

Jack Kerouac
Night, Manuscripts
Jack Kerouac (1995). “The Portable Jack Kerouac”, Viking Adult

Manuscripts don't burn.

Mikhail Bulgakov
Manuscripts
Mikhail Bulgakov (2016). “THE MASTER AND MARGARITA: 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.210, Penguin

I don't listen to music when I write - I find it distracting.

Khaled Hosseini
Writing, Listening To Music, Manuscripts

I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.

Harold Robbins
Unfinished, Manuscripts

Manuscripts do not burn.

Mikhail Bulgakov
Manuscripts
Mikhail Bulgakov (1985). “Heart of a Dog”

When I knew what I had to do / I took all my notebooks, all my manuscripts / and ate them page by page / so I could take my words with me

Nicole Blackman
Notebook, Pages, Manuscripts
Nicole Blackman (2002). “Blood Sugar”, Akashic Books

I can tell from about 20 yards away when someone has a manuscript for me. I can just tell - they have that look.

Mark Leyner
Yards, Looks, Manuscripts

The manuscript in the drawer either rots or ripens.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Drawers, Manuscripts

I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it.

Dick Bruna
Trying, Manuscripts

Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript, though maybe a teleprompter could have helped that!

David Herbert Donald
Prepared, Manuscripts, Speakers

A manuscript not submitted is a book not published.

Dan Poynter
Book, Manuscripts
Dan Poynter (2003). “The self-publishing manual: how to write, print, and sell your own book”, Para Publishing

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