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don’t be like so many writers,don’t be like so many thousands ofpeople who call themselves writers,don’t be dull and boring andpretentious, don’t be c...more

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unless it comes out ofyour soul like a rocket,unless being still woulddrive you to madness orsuicide or murder,don’t do it.unless the sun inside you i...more

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if you have to wait for it to roar out ofyou,then wait patiently.if it never does roar out of you,do something else.

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great writers are indecent peoplethey live unfairlysaving the best part for paper.good human beings save the worldso that bastards like me can keep cr...more

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not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse.

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The centuries are sprinkled with rare magicwith divine creatureswho help us get past the common and extraordinary ills that beset us

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some moments are nice, some arenicer, some are even worthwritingabout.

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When I was young I was depressed all the time. But suicide no longer seemed a possibility in my life. At my age there was very little left to kill. It...more

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A good writer knew when not to write. Anybody could type. Not that I was a good typist also I couldn't spell and I didn't know grammar. But I knew whe...more

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There is a problem with writers. If what a writer wrote was published and sold many, many copies, the writer thought he was great. If what a writer wr...more

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Most people are much better at saying things in letters than in conversation, and some people can write artistic, inventive letters, but when they try...more

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There's no way I can stop writing, it's a form of insanity.

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I write fiction""What’s fiction?""Fiction is an improvement on life.

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People were usually much better in their letters than in reality. They were much like poets in this way.

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I believe that to be the world's greatest livingwriterthere must be somethingterribly wrong with you.I don't even want to be the world's greatestdead ...more