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Writers Quotes by Raymond Carver
- Writers will be judged by what they write.
- You're...writing for other writers to an extent-the dead writers whose work you admire, as well as the living writers you like to read.
- Anyone can express himself or herself, but what writers and poets want to do in their work, more than simply express themselves, is communicate.
- If we're lucky, writer and reader alike, we'll finish the last line or two of a short story and then just sit for a minute,…
- A great danger, or at least a great temptation, for many writers is to become too autobiographical in their approach to their fiction. A little…
- I think marriage is one of those things that writers draw on, one of those emotional reservoirs that go way back.
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