The thing I am attracted to is just good writing and stories that are based somewhat in reality.

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• Horace:

  Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.

• Solomon Ibn Gabirol:

  My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.

• Jose Bergamin:

  The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.

• Juan Goytisolo:

  The fundamental purpose of a novel like Count Julian is to achieve the unity of object and means of

• Ana Patricia Botin:

  When times are tough, we tend to outperform as margins increase.

• David Sheff:

  Every relapse is dangerous, but often it takes multiple relapses before someone finally gets sober

• David Sheff:

  Drugs shift the way that we think. So, yeah, the logical thing would be to get help, but that's not

• David Sheff:

  I don't object to AA at all - only the programs that insist that it's the only way to get clean and

• David Sheff:

  There isn't just one way to get healthy and sober and to stop using.

• David Sheff:

  Addiction is a disease like anything else. It's like cancer, like heart disease, like diabetes.