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"You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.
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A word after a word after a word is power.
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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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Write it badly. Write it now. Edit it later.
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