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Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.
For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.
A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a read more
A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a herd of buffalo in the room than even one cat; they make nests in the notes and bite the end of the pen and walk on the typewriter keys.
The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is read more
The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.
Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.
Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.
Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.
He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.
For a creative writer possession of the "truth" is less important than emotional sincerity.
For a creative writer possession of the "truth" is less important than emotional sincerity.