There is nothing like literature: I lose a cow, I write about her death, and my writing pays … - Jules Renard

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Anything we were studying in school, like math, or understanding somebody's behavior outside of school, kind of worked its way into something I could understand by way of a musical experience I'd had or something I'd heard.

Jules Renard

There is nothing like literature: I lose a cow, I write about her death, and my writing pays me enough to buy another cow.

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Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.

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Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none

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Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.

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The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead

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Style means the right word. The rest matters little.

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