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E.L. Doctorow

U.S. novelist Writing is the only socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. www.sky-net-eye.com

write up

[write up] {v.} 1. To write the story of; describe in writing; give a full account of. * /Reporters from many newspapers are here to write up the game./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Colette

(1873-1954), French novelist Writing only leads to more writing. www.sky-net-eye.com

Bill Watterson, "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip

The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog! www.sky-net-eye.com

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тянуть за язык

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pull out

[pull out] {v. phr.} 1. To withdraw; leave unceremoniously. * /The defeated army hastily pulled out of the occupied […]

put a bug in one's ear

[put a bug in one's ear] or [put a flea in one's ear] See: [BUG IN ONE'S EAR].

Soren Kierkegaard

In relation to their systems most systematisers are like a man who builds an enormous castle and lives in a shack close by; […]