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Patriarchy and greed. They’ll get you every time, no supernatural phenomenon required.
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“Put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it."
(Casual Chance, 1964)”
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“Writing is like sex. First you do it for love, then you do it for your friends, and then you do it for money.”
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“Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.”
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“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
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“Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.”
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