When young we are faithful to individuals, when older we grow loyal to situations and to types.

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Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

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Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

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The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.

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Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.

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Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice journalism what will be read once.

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Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be read once.

Cyril Connolly in Enemies of Promise (1938)
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Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice journalism what will be grasped at once.

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All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.

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Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control.

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