One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds.

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The idea of making a home for yourself on paper is a beautiful one. It means that you want to be remembered and that you want to leave a legacy. It also means that you want to be able to look back on your writing and find it fulfilling and satisfying. And, if you want to leave a legacy, you need to let your words live on in others' minds. That's why you write.

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1. The writer writes in order to teach himself, to understand himself, to satisfy himself; the publishing of his ideas, though it brings gratification, is a curious anticlimax.

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2. One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds.

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