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• Praise and criticism seem to me to operate exactly on the same level. If you get a great review, it's really thrilling…
• Learn to write by writing
• Society was nothing but a long, dull dinner party conversation in which one was forced to speak to one's partner on both…
• One must not be shy where language is concerned.
• But we cannot unbraid the story of another person’s life and take out all the parts that don’t suit our purposes and…
• If someone loves you for what you can do then it's flattering, but why do you love them? If someone loves you…
• It's easier to love a woman when you can't understand a word she's saying.
• Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.
• It's always better to have too much to read than not enough.
• I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It's a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as…
• Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft.
• I can't write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing.

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