A Writing Quote From Isaac Bashevis Singer

“The wastepaper basket is the writer’s best friend.”

~ Isaac Bashevis Singer, 1902 – 1991

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Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Polish born, American author of novels, short stories, and essays. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978.

I do know what he means about the wastepaper basket. One must be willing to write and throw away until one downloads, or distills, the ‘true and right’ story, in which the right words are all in their right order…