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Name?" the desk clerk said to me politely, her pencil poised."Name," I said vaguely. I remembered, and told her."Age?" she asked. "Sex? Occupation?""W...more

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In the country of the story the writer is king.

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I cannot find any patience for those people who believe that you start writing when you sit down at your desk and pick up your pen and finish writing ...more

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Far and away the greatest menace to the writer—any writer, beginning or otherwise—is the reader. The reader is, after all, a kind of silent partner in...more

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The children around our house have a saying that everything is either true, not true, or one of Mother's delusions. Now, I don't know about the true t...more

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Name?" the desk clerk said to me politely, her pencil poised."Name," I said vaguely. I remembered, and told her."Age?" she asked. "Sex? Occupation?""W...more

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So long as you write it away regularly nothing can really hurt you.

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In the country of the story the writer is king.

"

I cannot find any patience for those people who believe that you start writing when you sit down at your desk and pick up your pen and finish writing ...more

"

Far and away the greatest menace to the writer—any writer, beginning or otherwise—is the reader. The reader is, after all, a kind of silent partner in...more

"

The children around our house have a saying that everything is either true, not true, or one of Mother's delusions. Now, I don't know about the true t...more