“Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay.”
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Flannery O’Connor82
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James Brown (1933–2006) American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist
Brown, J. & Tucker, B.B. (1986). James Brown: The Godfather of Soul. Macmillan: New York. ISBN 0-02517-430-4
“Let me fall out of the window/
With confetti in my hair”
Tom Waits (1949) American singer-songwriter and actor
Source: Lyrics of Tom Waits: The Early Years, 1971-1983
Rosario Ferré (1938–2016) Puerto Rican writer
On not wanting to be deemed a woman author (as quoted in “ROSARIO FERRE: THE VANGUARD OF PUERTO RICAN FEMINIST LITERATURE” http://smjegupr.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/19.-Rosario-Ferr---The-Vanguard-of-Puerto-Rican-Feminist-Literature-por-Suzanne-S.-Hintz.pdf)
“I was going to buy a book on hair loss, but the pages kept falling out.”
Jay London (1966) American comedian
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Peter Wentz (1979) American musician
http://www.falloutboyrock.com/falloutboy/blog_detail.php?uf_system_id=3 Fall Out Boy Rock Q&A section. Question from April 13, 2007.
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“You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you're writing.”
Gene Wolfe (1931–2019) American science fiction and fantasy writer
Herbert Giles (1845–1935) British sinologist and diplomat
The Civilization of China https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2076/2076-h/2076-h.htm (1911), p. 37
