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Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863–1944) British writer and literary critic
sic <br class="br"> On the Art of Writing: Lectures Delivered in the University of Cambridge, 1913–1914 http://www.bartleby.com/190/ <br class="br">Often misattributed, e.g. to Hemingway, Faulkner, and others, or shortened to 'Kill your darlings.' source http://www.randomhouse.ca/hazlitt/feature/should-you-kill-your-babies
Taisen Deshimaru (1914–1982) Japanese Buddhist monk
As quoted in A Galaxy Not So Far Away : Writers and Artists on Twenty-five Years of Star Wars (2002) by Glenn Kenny, p. 99
“You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful.”
Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) French writer (1821–1880)
“You must write, and read, as if your life depended on it.”
Adrienne Rich (1929–2012) American poet, essayist and feminist
“You must find some way to elevate your act of writing into entertainment.”
William Zinsser (1922–2015) writer, editor, journalist, literary critic, professor
Source: On Writing Well (Fifth Edition, orig. pub. 1976), Chapter 22, Write as Well as You Can, p. 276.
“I read your piece on Plato. Holmes, when you strike at a king, you must kill him.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Said to a young Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., who had written a piece critical of Plato in response to his earlier conversation with Emerson, as reported by Felix Frankfurter in Harlan Buddington Phillips, Felix Frankfurter Reminisces (1960), p. 59
Garin Nugroho (1961) Indonesian director
As quoted in the Jakarta Globe http://www.jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/features/legendary-director-garin-nugroho-shares-insights-experiences-singapore-masterclass/, Singapore International Film Festival (March 12, 2017)