And so we came forth, and once again beheld the stars.

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The writer's duty is to keep on writing

The writer's duty is to keep on writing

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

Let's face it, writing is hell.

Let's face it, writing is hell.

I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty...

I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty...

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live...

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live...

If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats... for...

Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats... for...

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can...

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can...

Reading - the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay.

Reading - the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay.

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

I think it's unfortunate to have critics for friends.

I think it's unfortunate to have critics for friends.

The writer's duty is to keep on writing.

The writer's duty is to keep on writing.

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live...

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live...

Mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from natural experience, the gray drizzle of...

Mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from natural experience, the gray drizzle of...

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can...

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can...

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a...

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a...

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most...

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most...

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in...

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in...

After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work,...

After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work,...

Before they're plumbers or writers or taxi drivers or unemployed or journalists, before everything else,...

Before they're plumbers or writers or taxi drivers or unemployed or journalists, before everything else,...