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«Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by trying at the outset to imitate them; by daring then to be original; by destroying one's first productions.»
«Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once in that mirror which waits always before or behind.»
«Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.»
«Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.»
«Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.»
«Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear, which is inherent in a human condition»
«Writing is a craft not an art.»
Author: William Zinsser | About: Writing | Keywords: craft, crafted, crafts, The Craft, writing
«Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a piece of blank paper until your forehead bleeds»
«Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward»
Author: Franz Kafka (Writer) | About: Writing | Keywords: reward, sweet, wonderful, writing
«Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him out to the public.»

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