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Completed, most lives were alike in stages of living-joys, celebrations, crises, illusions, losses, sorrows.

Bernard Malamud

The past exudes legend: one can’t make pure clay of time’s mud. There is no life that can be recaptured wholly; as it was.Which is to say that all biography is ultimately fiction.
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Clay Past Recapture Time
The first draft of a book is the most uncertain-where you need guts, the ability to accept the imperfect until it is better.
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Accept Book Imperfect Uncertain Until
Prufrock had measured out his life with measuring spoons; Dubin, in books resurrecting the lives of others.
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Book Inspire Life Resurrecting
We have in my country (Russia) a quotation: “It is impossible to make out of apology a fur coat.
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Apology Country Russia
Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.
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Who You Are Writing
You can’t eat language but it eases thirst.
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Ease Language Thirst
The past exudes legend: one can’t make pure clay of time’s mud.
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Clay Experience Past
The short story packs a self in a few pages predicating a lifetime
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Pages Self Stories
Some men are by nature explorers; my nature is to stay under the same moon and stars, and if the weather is wet, under the same roof. It’s a strange world, why make it stranger?
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Adventure Moon Stars
Life is a tragedy full of joy.
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Follow Joy Life Your Heart
First drafts are for learning what your story is about.
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Draft Firsts Learn Stories
All my life I wanted to accomplish something worthwhile-a thing people will say took a little something.
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Accomplishment Littles People
The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course
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Course Normal Steps
A man had to learn, it was his nature.
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Learning Men Nature
The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.
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Ideas Moving Writing
Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.
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Teaching Uncertainty Writing

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