Betsy ByarsWhen I type a title page, I hold it and I look at it and I think, I just need four thousand sentences to go with this and I’ll have a book.
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When I type a title page, I hold it and I look at it and I think, I just need four thousand sentences to go with this and I’ll have a book. For me, writing is like swimming. With swimming, there is no such thing as a perfect stroke. You can practice for hours and years and never get it right. But if you give it your all, it will come out right in the end.
Source: The Moon And I
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