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One should write only those books from whose absence one suffers. In short: the ones you want on your own desk. ↗
It's hard for me to believe that people who read very little - or not at all in some cases - should presume to write and expect people to like what they have written. Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time - or the tools - to write. Simple as that. ↗
There are two moments worthwhile in writing, the one when you start and the other when you throw it in the waste-paper basket. ↗
a good writer should draw the reader in by starting in the middle of the story with a hook, then go back and fill in what happened before the hook. Once you have the reader hooked, you can write whatever you want as you slowly reel them in. ↗
There is a ruthlessness to the creative act. It often involves a betrayal of the status quo. ↗
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It's impossible to walk through solid rock... You have to walk between the molecules that make up the rock. ↗
My brother gave me some good advice. He said, "What do you want to do? Do that because there are no rules when it comes to love. There are absolutely no rules. Do what you want to do." I think that was the most liberating piece of advice, because love really is unpredictable. There's trap doors, all kinds of scary stuff, caves and bears... You never know what's going to happen so you just have to do what you feel is right in the end. ↗
