… but every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood.
BETSY LERNER
The writer labors in isolation, yet all that intensive, lonely work is in the service of communicating, is an attempt to reach another person.
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… but every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood.
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Fear of failure is the reason most often cited to explain why so many aspiring writers never realize their dreams. But I think it’s that same fear of failure that absolutely invigorates those who do push through-that is, the fear of not being heard.
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In discovering books, you became free to explore the full range of human motives, desires, secrets, and lies. All my life, people have scolded me for having an excess of feeling, saying that I was too sensitive.
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No matter how many compromises were made along the way, no matter what happens in the future, a book is a thing to behold.
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