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“The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes him so much he must get rid of it. He has no peace until then. Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency, security, happiness, all, to get the book written. If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies.”
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“Dive again and again into the river of uncertainty. Create in the dark, only then can you recognize the light.”
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“The ‘Muse’ is not an artistic mystery, but a mathematical equation. The gift are those ideas you think of as you drift to sleep. The giver is that one you think of when you first awake.”
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“I dream in fire but work in clay.”
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“I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horny for my creativity.”
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Bea’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Bea’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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348 books
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162 books
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214 books
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315 books
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Art, Classics, Contemporary, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality
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