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> [If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don't want to write, do something else. It's as simple as that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-garden/if-you-really-want-to-write-then-shut-yourself-in-a-room-close-the/)

[Mary Garden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-garden/)

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## More by Mary Garden

> [Krishna children were taught that in the spiritual world there were no parents, only souls and hence this justified their being kept out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-garden/krishna-children-were-taught-that-in-the-spiritual-world-there-were/)

[Mary Garden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-garden/)

> [“My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline. If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-garden/my-block-was-due-to-two-overlapping-factors-laziness-and-lack-of/)

[Mary Garden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-garden/)

> [My inner critic who had begun piping up about how hopeless I was and how I didn't know to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-garden/my-inner-critic-who-had-begun-piping-up-about-how-hopeless-i-was-and/)

[Mary Garden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-garden/)

> [I was a new devotee of Eastern mysticism and even though I did not join that particular group, I could well have done. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-garden/i-was-a-new-devotee-of-eastern-mysticism-and-even-though-i-did-not/)

[Mary Garden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-garden/)

> [It was not uncommon for the children to be told they were being treated this way because it was their bad karma and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-garden/it-was-not-uncommon-for-the-children-to-be-told-they-were-being/)

[Mary Garden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-garden/)

> [I deleted all the games from my computer. I spent days trawling the Internet. I started slowly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-garden/i-deleted-all-the-games-from-my-computer-i-spent-days-trawling-the/)

[Mary Garden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-garden/)

> [When you hear the voice of Rosa Ponselle, you hear a fountain of melody blessed by the Lord.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-garden/when-you-hear-the-voice-of-rosa-ponselle-you-hear-a-fountain-of/)

[Mary Garden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-garden/)

> [My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer's block, as if it was some kind of illness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-garden/my-biggest-excuse-to-others-and-myself-was-that-i-had-writer-s-block/)

[Mary Garden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-garden/)

> [Research on child abuse suggests that religious beliefs can foster, encourage, and justify the abuse of children. When contempt for sex underlies teachings, this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-garden/research-on-child-abuse-suggests-that-religious-beliefs-can-foster/)

[Mary Garden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-garden/)

> [For a long period in my life - it lasted about 10 years - I had writer's block.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-garden/for-a-long-period-in-my-life-it-lasted-about-10-years-i-had-writer-s/)

[Mary Garden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-garden/)

> [If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don't want to write, do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-garden/if-you-really-want-to-write-then-shut-yourself-in-a-room-close-the/)

[Mary Garden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-garden/)

> [In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was considered extremely dangerous and hazardous, pushing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-garden/in-the-early-1930s-flying-from-england-to-australia-was-the-longest/)

[Mary Garden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-garden/)

> [In the back of my mind was the constant hankering, almost yearning, to write but something always stopped me in my tracks. Or if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-garden/in-the-back-of-my-mind-was-the-constant-hankering-almost-yearning-to/)

[Mary Garden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-garden/)

> [I have never been nervous in all my life and I have no patience with people who are. If you know what you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-garden/i-have-never-been-nervous-in-all-my-life-and-i-have-no-patience-with/)

[Mary Garden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-garden/)

> [My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-garden/my-block-was-due-to-two-overlapping-factors-laziness-and-lack-of-2/)

[Mary Garden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-garden/)

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