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Constant work, constant writing and constant revision. The real writer learns nothing from life. He is more like an oyster or a sponge. What he takes ...more

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I sometimes think it is because they are so bad at expressing themselves verbally that writers take to pen and paper in the first place

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I’ve always said, ‘I have nothing to say, only to add.’ And it’s with each addition that the writing gets done. The first draft of anything is really ...more

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Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head.

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You can't really succeed with a novel anyway; they're too big. It's like city planning. You can't plan a perfect city because there's too much going o...more