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Writing Quotes by Lawrence Durrell
- To write a poem is like trying to catch a lizard without its tail falling off.
- It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you'd do something else.
- We live" writes Pursewarden somewhere, "lives based upon selected fictions. Our view of reality is conditioned by our position in space and time - not…
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