Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say.
Raymond Chandler
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- An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence.
- Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say.
- Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
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