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Writing Quotes by Peter De Vries
- Every novel should have a beginning, a middle, and an end.
- I tried to write worse but it was no good; my generalizations came out as before, each more exquisite than the last. I grew discouraged.
- I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.
- I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.
- Sometimes I write drunk and revise sober, and sometimes I write sober and revise drunk. But you have to have both elements in creation —…
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