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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.
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
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.
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.
You write in your letter something which I sometimes feel also: Sometimes I do not know how I shall pull read more
You write in your letter something which I sometimes feel also: Sometimes I do not know how I shall pull through.
I don't like to write, but I love to have written
I don't like to write, but I love to have written
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for read more
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
Don't get it right, just get it written
Don't get it right, just get it written
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