"We're past the age of heroes and hero kings... Most of our lives are basically mundane and dull, and it's up to the writer to find ways to make them interesting."

Writing, Creativity, Observation, Storytelling

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"We're past the age of heroes and hero kings... Most of our lives are basically mundane and dull, and it's up to the writer to find ways to make them interesting."

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"A true piece of writing sets you free."

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"Through writing, an author opens the window of his heart through which a reader can see the inner self of the author."

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"Write about the beauty of rainbows and the glint of reflected light that can enlighten readers' minds."

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"When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas."

Mind

"Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience."

Experience

"What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit."

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"There is no doubt that I have lots of words inside me; but at moments, like rush-hour traffic at the mouth of a tunnel, they jam."

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"Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner."

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"Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading."

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"I must say, when I reread myself, it's the poetry I tend to look at. It's the most exciting to write, and it's over the quickest."

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"If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price."

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"Suspect each moment, for it is a thief, tiptoeing away with more than it brings."

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"But it is just two lovers, holding hands and in a hurry to reach their car, their locked hands a starfish leaping through the dark."

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