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    Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.

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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

by Derek Walcott Found in: Writing Quotes,
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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.

by Terry Southern Found in: Writing Quotes,
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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.

by Tennessee Williams Found in: Writing Quotes,
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Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in read more

Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in public, and get paid for it

by Octavia Butler Found in: Writing Quotes,
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The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

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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.

by Don Delillo Found in: Writing Quotes,
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Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

by Georges Simenon Found in: Writing Quotes,
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The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

by Ralph Ellison Found in: Writing Quotes,
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Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.

Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.

by Marilyn Hacker Found in: Writing Quotes,
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