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he felt trepidation, as though he were carrying something that could not be set down.
“Think of a ballet dancer at the barre. Plie, eleve, battement tendu. She is practicing, because she knows that there is no difference between practice and art. The practice is the art.”
― Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life
― Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life
“How wrong to have been so negative, how wrong to have been so gloomy, how wrong to have run away from life, how wrong to have said no, again and again, instead of yes.”
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“My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.”
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“Act as if you're a writer. Sit down and begin. Act as if you might just create something beautiful, and by beautiful I mean something authentic and universal. Don't wait for anybody to tell you it's okay.”
― Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life
― Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life
“Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.”
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