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“I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing this.
[Cormac McCarthy's Venomous Fiction, New York Times, April 19, 1992]”
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[Cormac McCarthy's Venomous Fiction, New York Times, April 19, 1992]”
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“When poetry becomes synonymous with examination stress, it is unsurprising that readers abandon it once formal education ends.”
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“Poetry is frequently introduced as an object of dissection rather than an experience of encounter. Students are trained to hunt for metaphors, symbols, and devices before they are allowed to feel the poem. This premature intellectualisation breeds anxiety rather than appreciation.”
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“Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge.
Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat.
Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.”
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Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat.
Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.”
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“Writing does not exist unless there is someone to read it, and each reader will take something different from a novel, from a chapter, from a line.”
― Swimming Lessons
― Swimming Lessons
“I prefer to be on the side of losers, the misunderstood or lonely people rather than writing about the strong and powerful.”
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“This is why the words you speak — to yourself and others — carry such tremendous power. They shape your beliefs, influence your emotions, and guide your actions.”
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“I sincerely believe that only those who are financially free can produce great works of art. Poor artists are too bothered about money and fame, which hampers their creativity. An artist shouldn’t have any financial pressure. One can’t create something poetic if commercial success is all one is concerned about.”
― The Influencer: Speed Must Have a Limit
― The Influencer: Speed Must Have a Limit
“Books, including those written by famous authors, may sit unread on forgotten shelves, attracting dust rather than readers’ attention.”
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“One of the disadvantages of literary awards is the fact that authors are writing to please a book award committee, rather than to spread the message of love, tolerance, peace, and serve humanity.”
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“I only wrote prose before I met you.
My musings were superfluous and serious as well.
But now the words dance with me.
I sing with them
and we create poetry.”
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My musings were superfluous and serious as well.
But now the words dance with me.
I sing with them
and we create poetry.”
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“They say everything that can be written has been written. I say we are just getting started.”
― Mailboxes - Mansions - Memphistopheles: A Collection of Dark Tales
― Mailboxes - Mansions - Memphistopheles: A Collection of Dark Tales
“I swear that girl was born with a pen in her hand, the moon in her hair and stars in her soul.”
― Moon Gypsy
― Moon Gypsy
“Good fiction writers have an instinctive understanding of human nature. That's what makes stories and characters captivating. Good spiritual writers share what they sincerely practice themselves.”
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“Talent is as common as table salt. The difference between a talented person and a successful one is a lot of hard work.”
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“The Throes of Poetry - Hymns formed from groans of acquaintance, its rhythm weaving between tranquility, compassions, and peril - like bare feet stomping on broken glass - bleeds, recoils, then steps again.”
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“Sometimes your diary is the perfect listener.”
― Joyful Living: 101 Ways to Transform Your Spirit and Revitalize Your Life
― Joyful Living: 101 Ways to Transform Your Spirit and Revitalize Your Life
“I have so much to share with the world, please be patient and you will get everything you are currently waiting for.”
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“When I write, it isn’t courage I feel. It is terror. But I choose it anyway. I choose to give the trembling a shape. To let it speak, even if my voice falters. And maybe that is all bravery truly is... the choice to move forward, even as one’s hands shake.”
― The Strange Mercy of Listening
― The Strange Mercy of Listening
“I write to teach myself, explore myself, inspire myself (in which I always fail), analyze myself, clear myself (in how much deep waters I can swim), and to self-expose myself before myself.”
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“I am not just “planning a book” anymore, I am building a commercial thriller that fits a real publisher.”
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