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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
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.
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 not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness
Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness
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.
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.
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.
I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.
I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.
Write without pay until somebody offers to pay
Write without pay until somebody offers to pay