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If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.
If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.
Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...
Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean
Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form read more
Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.
Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all read more
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.
The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they read more
The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.
I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. read more
I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.
Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.
Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.
Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness
Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness