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«Write bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble»
Author: Arab Proverb | About: Writing | Keywords: piece, piece of writing, sand
«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.»
Author: Don Delillo (Novelist) | About: Writing | Keywords: frees
«Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.»
«Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble»
«Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.»
«Write what should not be forgotten»
Author: Isabel Allende | About: Writing
«Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...»
«Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.»
«Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing. He grows in public stature as he sheds his loneliness and often his work deteriorates. For he does his work a»
«Write without pay until somebody offers to pay»