My urge to write is an urge not to self-expressionism but to self-transcendence. My work is both bigger and smaller than I am.

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Tony Parsons, the author of the book “My Urge to Write”, wrote about his urge to write. His writing is bigger than him. He wants to make his writing bigger than the world. That is an urge to transcendence.

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