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After art college, I got a job as a medical illustrator, and I was pretty good. I had to imagine what was going on in the operations because the photographs just showed a mess.

~Anthony Browne

Topics: After Art Because College Going Good Got Had Illustrator Imagine Job Just Medical Mess Operations Photographs Pretty Pretty Good

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One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going.

~Anthony Burgess

Topics: Age Beyond Delights Going Grasp Known Youth

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It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going.

~Anthony Burgess

Topics: Always Celebrate Come Going Good Part Remember Where You

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I went abroad to Malaya and came back and tended naturally to gravitate towards the south, I suppose, near London where things seemed to be going on; but I'm still a Lancashire man, and what I want to write someday is a novel about Manchester. Very much a regional novel.

~Anthony Burgess

Topics: About Abroad Back Came Going Gravitate London Man Manchester Much Naturally Near Novel Regional Seemed Someday South Still Suppose Things Towards Very Want Where Write

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But then of course you reach a point where you have to say, I've got to figure out how this book's going to end. Otherwise, you're going to write yourself into so many dead-ends.

~Anthony Doerr

Topics: Book Course End Figure Going Got How Many Otherwise Out Point Reach Say Then Where Write You Yourself

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I found my first novel difficult. I don't want to make it sound like it's any more difficult than driving a cab or going to any other job, but there are so many opportunities for self-doubt, that you just kind of need to soldier on.

~Anthony Doerr

Topics: Any Cab Difficult Driving First Found Going Job Just Just Kind Kind Like Make Many More Need Novel Opportunities Other Self-Doubt So Many Opportunities Soldier Sound Than Want You

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You don't say, I'm going to be a writer when I grow up - at least I didn't.

~Anthony Doerr

Topics: Going Grow Grow Up Least Say Up Writer You

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If you're lucky enough to have 70 years of literate adulthood, and if you read one book every week, you're still only going to get to 3,640 books.

~Anthony Doerr

Topics: Adulthood Book Books Enough Every Get Going Literate Lucky One Book Only Read Still Week Years You

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When people ask for book recommendations, I say this: Do some math. If you read one book every week for the rest of your life, and if you're lucky enough to live for 50 more years, you're only going to get to 2,600 books.

~Anthony Doerr

Topics: Ask Book Books Enough Every Get Going Life Live Lucky Math More One Book Only People Read Recommendations Rest Say Some Week Years You Your

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I did go to an MFA program, at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. For me, it worked perfectly. It was a small program. They only take five fiction writers a year, and they fund all of us - you don't go into debt to get an MFA. It's not like getting an MBA - you're not going to buy yourself out.

~Anthony Doerr

Topics: Bowling Buy Debt Did Fiction Fiction Writers Five Fund Get Getting Go Going Green Like Me Ohio Only Out Perfectly Program Small State State University Take University Us Worked Writers Year You Yourself

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