Michel de Montaigne Quotes on Writing
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Je veux qu'on me voit en ma facon simple, naturelle, et ordinaire, sans etude et artifice; car c'est moi que je peins...Je suis moi-meme la matiere de mon livre.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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It is more of a job to interpret the interpretations than to interpret the things, and there are more books about books than about any other subject: we do nothing but write glosses about each other.
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Writing does not cause misery. It is born of misery.