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    Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.

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Writing is thinking on paper.

Writing is thinking on paper.

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If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

by Lord Byron Found in: Writing Quotes,
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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.

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Writing Quotes,
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Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

by Nadine Gordimer Found in: Writing Quotes,
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The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

by Ralph Ellison Found in: Writing Quotes,
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The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

by William Styron Found in: Writing Quotes,
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I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is read more

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.

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Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.

Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.

by Marilyn Hacker Found in: Writing Quotes,
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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

by Derek Walcott Found in: Writing Quotes,
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