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Am very ashamed…

Am very ashamed…

Am very ashamed not to have written. Was over-run by journalists, photographers and plain and fancy crazies. Was in the middle of writing a book and it is a little like being interrupted in fornication.

~ Hemingway, Selected Letters

“I think one of…

“I think one of…

“I think one of the first obstacles you have to get past is trying too hard: at sounding smart, at pretention, at making it high-brow. Say something exactly as it is first, and then describe something else. Keep Going.”

— Lia Cooper

“Don’t bend; do…

“Don’t bend; do…

“Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”

— Franz Kafka