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"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do."



Thomas Jefferson



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One day I will find the right words, and they all will be simple.

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You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.

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Write it badly. Write it now. Edit it later.

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To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.

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Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

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The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.

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Write hard and clear about what hurts.

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Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.

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I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of.

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The scariest moment is always just before you start.

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The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.

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Writing is a way to talk without being interrupted.

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The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.

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Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.

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Writing is thinking on paper.

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Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself.

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Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.

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Writing is an escape from a world into which I often retreat.

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If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

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A word after a word after a word is power.

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Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.

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