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Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for read more
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue it with what they have read more
Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue it with what they have had the courage and honesty to perceive and feel.
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a read more
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him out to the public.
The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they read more
The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.
The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but read more
The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.
Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form read more
Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.
Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.
Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.
If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average
If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average
If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.
If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.
