Half my life is an act of revision.

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Good habits are worth being fanatical about.

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You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.

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You can't learn everything you need to know legally.

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There's no reason you should write any novel quickly.

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There are few things as seemingly untouched by the real world as a child asleep.

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The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of.

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If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

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There's no reason you shouldn't, as a writer, not be aware of the necessity to revise yourself constantly.

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Life forces enough final decisions on us. We should have the sense to avoid as many of the unnecessary ones as we can.

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