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Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all read more
Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.
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
Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.
Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.
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 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.
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.
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.
Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, read more
Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.
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.
