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“Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.”
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“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
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“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
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“I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.”
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“A short story is a different thing altogether – a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.”
― Skeleton Crew
― Skeleton Crew
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