Quotable quotes

I write stories about people who have some singularity of character which suggests to me that they may be capable of behaving in such a way as to give me an idea that I can make use of, or about people who by some accident or another, accident of temperament, accident of environment, have been involved in unusual contingencies.                   - W. Somerset Maugham

It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
 - Albert Einstein

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
 - Oscar Wilde

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
 - Mae West

A room without books is like a body without a soul.
 - Marcus Tullius Cicero

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
 - Robert Frost
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Even the best of us have doubts. We should embrace them, because doubt is what drives our passion to improve what we write. Complacency is probably a great deal easier to live with – but it spells death to excellence.
 - Richard Beynon

In a society that profits from your self-doubt, to love yourself is an act of rebellion​.
 - Anonymous

Be patient. Commit [yourself] to the task and work both tenderly and with respect for your subject. 
Richard Beynon