Tuesday, August 26, 2014

AND THE AUTHOR SAID . . .


One of the few things I know about writing is this: Spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right
 
away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book, or for another book,
 
 give it, give it all, give it now. Some more will arise for later, something better. These things fill
 
from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have
 
learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly
 
becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.” - Annie Dillard

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