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“I hate writing, I love having written.”
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“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul.”
― The Nobel Lecture in Literature, 1993
― The Nobel Lecture in Literature, 1993
“Tears are words that need to be written.”
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“A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.”
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“Writers fish for the right words like fishermen fish for, um, whatever those aquatic creatures with fins and gills are called.
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― This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks
― This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks
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