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anger is constantly the fuel that feeds the work that I do, keeps me thinking of myself as an activist, and keeps me writing.

— Jewelle Gomez Less Than a Mile from Here" speech (1993)

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It's important to support small presses and feminist presses, and now the gay presses that have really begun to blossom, because there will never be room for all of us in the central marketplace.

Less Than a Mile from Here" speech (1993)

Being bitter does not help me. Being bitter just gives me frown lines

Less Than a Mile from Here" speech (1993)

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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.”

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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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