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“I don’t feel that it is necessary to know exactly what I am. The main interest in life and work is to become someone else that you were not in the beginning. If you knew when you began a book what you would say at the end, do you think that you would have the courage to write it?
What is true for writing and for love relationships is true also for life. The game is worthwhile insofar as we don’t know where it will end.”
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What is true for writing and for love relationships is true also for life. The game is worthwhile insofar as we don’t know where it will end.”
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“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.”
― Bird by Bird
― Bird by Bird
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