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“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
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“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.”
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“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”
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“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
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“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.
Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
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Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
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The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword
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Readers turn into writers. So we're all readers here! Why not try our hand at the art of writing? But putting pen to paper is not as easy as it sou ...more
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