Joseph Brodsky...in the business of writing what one accumulates is not expertise but uncertainties. Which is but another name for craft.
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When you write a book, it doesn’t matter what you know about the publishing industry. What matters is what you can do. As a writer, you need to create a great work of art in the hopes that others will enjoy reading it. The only way to learn how to do this is through practice and an accumulation of mistakes.
Source: Less Than One: Selected Essays
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