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“Every good thing that comes is accompanied by trouble.”
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“Just get it down on paper, and then we’ll see what to do with it.”
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“About developing plot: “A deft man may toss his hat across the office and hang it on a hook if he just naturally does it, but he will always miss if he does it consciously. That is a ridiculous and extreme analogy, but there is something in it.”
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“The amount of meaning you get into a sentence, the dimensions and intensity of the impression you make a paragraph carry, are most extraordinary.... You once told me you were not a natural writer—my God! You have plainly mastered the craft, of course; but you needed far more than craftsmanship for this. [about The Great Gatsby]”
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“I think the novel is a wonder....it has vitality to an extraordinary degree, and glamour, and a great deal of underlying thought of unusual quality....And as for the sheer writing, it's astonishing. [About The Great Gatsby]”
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“Whenever any of these new writers come up who are brilliant, I always realize that you have more talent and more skill than any of them;---but circumstances have prevented you from realizing upon the fact for a long time. [About F. Scott Fitzgerald]”
― Dear Scott/Dear Max
― Dear Scott/Dear Max
“You can tell more about a writer by listening to him than by reading something he wrote.”
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“A la hora de escribir, debes dedicarte sin duda a lo que te apetece hacer.”
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“Nada podría tener la importancia que tiene un libro”
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