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“Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing.”

Roddy Doyle · Failure

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Roddy Doyle

When I started writing full time I had not long stopped being a teacher and when at last I had a full day to write, I would put music on and wonder to myself - am I allowed to do this? Then I thought: 'I am control of this and no one is telling me what I can do.'

Teacher

Roddy Doyle

No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isn't yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words.

Experience

Mike Farrell

If you try to do your best there is no failure.

Failure

Thomas Sowell

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.

Failure