“You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Writing is seduction. Good talk is part of seduction. If not so, why do so many couples who start the evening at dinner wind up in bed?”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“If you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects. If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered, anyway.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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