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F. Scott Fitzgerald on Writing
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“The reason one writes isn't the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say.”
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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“Find the key emotion; this may be all you need know to find your short story.”
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“Often I think writing is a sheer paring away of oneself leaving always something thinner, barer, more meagre.”
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“The history of my life is the history of the struggle between an overwhelming urge to write and a combination of circumstances bent on keeping me from it.”
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“Every author ought to write every book as if he were going to be beheaded the day he finished it.”
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“All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.”
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