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- Beginning a novel is always hard. It feels like going nowhere. I always have to write at least 100 pages that go into the trashcan…
- Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re good, bad things can still…
- Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure…
- But Anatole said suddenly, 'Don't expect God's protection in places beyond God's dominion. It will only make you feel punished. I'm warning you. When things…
- It is harrowing for me to try to teach 20-year-old students, who earnestly want to improve their writing. The best I can think to tell…
- But nothing on this earth is guaranteed, when you get right down to it, you know ? I've been thinking about that. About how your…
- Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.
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