"I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work"

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Source : Interview with Robert Birnbaum, themorningnews.org. July 6, 2006.

Gay Talese

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Turns Quotes

“The most important office... that of private citizen.”
“I have dual citizenship, it just so happens I live in America.”
“People do get mad at me for falling asleep sometimes, and it's the most frustrating thing. I can't help it.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Things always become obvious after the fact”
“A mathematical proof is beautiful, but when you're finished, it's really only about one thing. A story can be about many things.”
“We were hunter-gatherers of information, and we moved from that to becoming farmers and cultivators of information.”
“Writing eases my suffering . . . writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.”
“The Gospel purifies and renews: it bears fruit wherever the community of believers hears and welcomes the grace of God in truth and lives in charity. This is my faith; this is my joy.”

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