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“Fiction is a great combination between experience and imagination.”
“What's so great about writing?" "You can make anything true”
“Writing is done alone. People do not talk about the things they do alone.”
“It's always been difficult for me to speak and express my innermost thoughts. I prefer to write. When I sit down and write, words grow very docile, they come and feed out of my hand like little bir...”
“It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.”
“In the country of the story the writer is king.”
“Writing is like baking cupcakes, you're trying to make something from the raw. Like with cupcakes it's flour and eggs and stuff, and with books it's ideas and words. The end result is the same thou...”
“What writing practice, like Zen practice does is bring you back to the natural state of mindThe mind is raw, full of energy, alive and hungry. It does not think in the way we were brought up to thi...”
“If you're a writer, write. And always strive for excellence.”
“I've always known that the best part of writing occurs before you've picked up a pen. When a story exists only in your mind, its potential is infinite; it's only when you start pinning words to pap...”
“Happy the writer who, passing by characters that are boring, disgusting, shocking in their mournful reality, approaches characters that manifest the lofty dignity of man, who from the great pool of...”
“If I didn't have writing, I'd be running down the street hurling grenades in people's faces.”
“After a long while he sat upright with great effort, exhaled a sigh and reached for a clean sheet of lined paper, smoothing it out on the desk. He unscrewed the lid of his fountain pen, laid it per...”
“An old racetrack joke reminds you that your program contains all the winners' names. I stare at my typewriter keys with the same thought.”
“Whenever I didn't know what to write next, I put a swift river in front of his horse and sent the two of them across!”
“I write because I hate. A lot. Hard.”
“Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane.”
“Write a lot and hit the streets. A writer who doesn't keep up with what's out there ain't gonna be out there.”
“Hear me now or regret it later: Everything you write must be read aloud. Once all the context items are in place, this is the final test for any written piece...Do not neglect your sense of hearing...”
“I can't help thinking of Jackson Pollock, who poured, splattered and lashed the canvass with strings of paint. His process was about snaring not only a vision, but the moment the vision occurred to...”
