“After you have finished a piece of work, the work is then none of your business. Go on and do something else.”
― Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life
― Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life
“Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make it so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, or drop a jar of applesauce.”
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“Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.”
― Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
― Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
“Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure.”
― Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
― Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
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