I think it's unfortunate to have critics for friends.
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It did not occur to me that there would be many difficulties to impede my ambition. . . .
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I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty much negated by the pain of getting started each day. Let's face it, writing is hell.
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They are the constants of life, at the core of life, along with nice little delights that come along every now and then. . . . we all have them and they're a hell of a lot more invariable than nuclear fission or the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
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In America there seems to be an idea that writing is one big cat-and-dog fight between the various parishioners of the craft.
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The writer's duty is to keep on writing.
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