#writ

Good fiction creates its own reality. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#fiction

I just write whenever I can. ↗

— Elmer Kelton

#writing-craft #writing-craft

It's the writing that teaches you. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

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Nothing was truly unbearable if you had something to read. ↗

— Jincy Willett

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The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task. ↗

— Robertson Davies

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May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write down what you feel. It is sometimes a wonderful help in misery. ↗

— Robertson Davies

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The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer. ↗

— Robertson Davies

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In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act. ↗

— Don DeLillo

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There's a moral force in a sentence when it comes out right. It speaks the writer's will to live. ↗

— Don DeLillo

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American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous. ↗

— Don DeLillo

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