Bess Streeter AldrichRegardless of the popular literary trend of the times, write the thing which lies close to your heart.
About This Quote
It is easy to lose sight of what it is that you love most in life. It is easy to get distracted by the things that are popular, trendy, and ephemeral. But, when you write the thing which lies close to your heart, when you write the story of your own life with the deepest meaning in it, when you write the things that you know are true, then you will find that people will read your pages and find in them their own lives.
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