Imagination? It is the one thing beside honesty that a good writer must have. The more he learns from experience the more he can imagine.
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Up in that room I decided that I would write one story about each thing that I knew about. I was trying to do this all the time I was writing, and it ...
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You need the devotion to your work that a priest of God has for his.
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What you don't write is often more important than what you do
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All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.
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As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.
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Trying to write something of permanent value is a full-time job.
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Don't let yourself slip and get any perfect characters... keep them people, people, people, and don't let them get to be symbols.
