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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.
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.
Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not write, compose, or paint can read more
Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear, which is inherent in a human condition
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 not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness
Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness
Write without pay until somebody offers to pay
Write without pay until somebody offers to pay
Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else.
Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else.
I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember read more
I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote down, I spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on.
I lived to write, and wrote to live
I lived to write, and wrote to live
