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    Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.

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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.

by Vanna Bonta Found in: Writing Quotes,
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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.

by Beryl Pfizer Found in: Writing Quotes,
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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

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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.

by Jan Karon Found in: Writing Quotes,
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Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in read more

Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in public, and get paid for it

by Octavia Butler Found in: Writing Quotes,
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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.

by Don Delillo Found in: Writing Quotes,
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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.

by Winston Churchill Found in: Writing Quotes,
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Write without pay until somebody offers to pay

Write without pay until somebody offers to pay

by Mark Twain Found in: Writing Quotes,
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I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is read more

I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is ransom notes...

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