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“I couldn't even think about wanting to be something else; I wouldn't let myself visualize another life. But I wrote because I couldn't stop. It was a release, a mental exercise, a way of keeping sane.”
― Jay-Z, Decoded

“But on paper, things can live forever.
On paper, a butterfly
never dies.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming

“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”
― Terry Pratchett

“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”
― Louis L'Amour