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

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A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

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Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.

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The scariest moment is always just before you start.

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The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

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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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Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

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

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Writing is the supreme solace.

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The desire to write grows with writing.

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Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

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

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Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of meditation—an investigation of my own life. It has nothing to do with 'I've got to get another play.'

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Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.

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Write what you know. Write what you want to know more about. Write what you're afraid to write about.

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

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If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.

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