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Ray Bradbury

“Writing is supposed to be difficult, agonizing, a dreadful exercise, a terrible occupation.”

― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
tags: writing, writing-craft, writing-life
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