If I can keep writing just one good page a day, I will have 15 published novels in my expected lifetime. Tick, tick, tick...
The artist cannot hold back; it is impossible, because writing, or any other discipline of art, involves participation in suffering, in the ills and the occasional stabbing joys that come from being part of the human drama.
Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
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The artist cannot hold back; it is impossible, because writing, or any other discipline of art, involves participation in suffering, in the ills and the occasional stabbing joys that come from being part of the human drama.
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