#writing

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

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Writing is a difficult thing. ↗

— Scott Thompson

#difficult #difficult thing #thing #writing

Now, if, as I think, writing should be, it's a kind of risky trade. ↗

— Al Alvarez

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My writing is remarkably non-confessional; you actually learn very little about me. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#actually #learn #little #me #remarkably

Plus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#comic writing #finding #funny #funny way #i

Yes, I very much like to have a personal stake in what I'm writing about. ↗

— Michael Pollan

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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#chance #comes #dance #ease #easiest

Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes. ↗

— Cole Porter

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Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship in it like anything else. ↗

— Katherine Anne Porter

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I've published one book before, and now I'm writing a book of essays and stories about life in Tokyo. And I have one book coming out in May in Germany, about fitness. ↗

— Franka Potente

#before #book #coming #essays #fitness