"Maybe writing can't be taught, but editing can be taughtâ€”prayer, fasting and self-mutilation."

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Donald Barthelme

#Prayer Quotes #Writing Quotes #Editing Quotes

“Know from the bounteous heaven all riches flow.”
“We parked in back and walked down the stairs with their polished brass railings, past the old-fashioned kitchen. We could see the chefs cooking. It smelled like stew, or meat loaf, the way time should smell, solid and nourishing.”
“Principle is ever my motto, no expediency.”
“Every problem contains within itself the seeds of its own solution.”
“I'm a huge breast cancer awareness advocate because my mom went through breast cancer recently. It really brought our family closer.”
“Single-minded concentration in the direction of your dreams intensifies your desires and increases your self-confidence.”
“The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.”
“Facebook is not ideologically neutral. In fact, it emerges from a very particular world view which we can trace back to Hobbes. I discovered this by examining the profile of Zuckerberg's fellow board members who, unlike him, are a very interesting bunch and, I suspect, the real power behind the poster boy.”

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