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I love physics, but what was even more important to me was leading a creative life ... And I knew that writers could continue doing their best work later in life.”

— Alan Lightman

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The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or of joy.

Einstein's Dreams (1993)

In the 1950s, academics forecast that as a result of new technology, by the year 2000 we could have a twenty-hour workweek.

A Sense of the Mysterious : Science and the Human Spirit (2005)

According to the Bureau of Statistics, the goods and services produced per hour of work in the United States has indeed more than doubled since 1950.

A Sense of the Mysterious : Science and the Human Spirit (2005)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

Strength of creative writing lies in the skill of handling words and articulating artistic expression of feelings.”

Suman Pokhrel

The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

Robert Benchley

Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.

William Wordsworth Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

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