I think it's a terrible thing to write and not enjoy it. It's a sad t… — Anne Perry

I think it's a terrible thing to write and not enjoy it. It's a sad thing. But of course a lot of people do work because they need to eat. And we all need to eat, but that's not the only reason to work. You couldn't have paid me not to write.

Anne PerryNovelist · British · b. 1938

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The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law. — George W. Bush
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Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much the soul as it is the flesh of a work. — Gustave Flaubert
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