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Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.
Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.
The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but read more
The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.
The less you talk, the more you're listened to.
The less you talk, the more you're listened to.
One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds.
One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds.
If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average
If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average
Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue it with what they have read more
Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue it with what they have had the courage and honesty to perceive and feel.
A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read more
A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.
Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they read more
Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a read more
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him out to the public.
