Great writers are indecent peoplethey live unfairlysaving the best part for paper.good human beings save the worldso that bastards like me can keep creating art, become immortal.if you read this after I am deadit means I made it.
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Charles Bukowski
Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.
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George R.r. Martin
Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring about the truth, you have the ability to throw the lights on for your reader. He or she will recognize his or her...
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Anne Lamott
If you wish to be a writer, write.
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Epictetus
A big enough artist, I say, can eat anything, must eat everything and then alchemize it. Only the feeble writer is afraid of expansion.
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Anonymous
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