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It seems to me that the problem with diaries, and the reason that

It seems to me that the problem with diaries, and the reason that most of them are so boring, is that every day we vacillate between examining our hangnails and speculating on cosmic order. – Ann Beattie, Picturing Will, 1989

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Drink and be filled up. – Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, 2000

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I start with the idea of constructing a treehouse and end with a skyscraper made of wood. – Norman Mailer

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Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. – George Orwell, “Why I Write,” 1947 (Thanks, Jennifer)

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