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Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.
Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.
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.
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.
If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.
If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.
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.
Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they read more
Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.
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 the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.
Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.
A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read more
A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.
