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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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“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.”
― Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
― Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“If you liked being a teenager, there's something really wrong with you.”
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“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
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Benjamin’s 2025 Year in Books
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