Mason Cooley Quotes About Writing
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I am most drawn to writing when I have something else urgent to do.
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Writing is a refuge from unhappiness, but has its own sorrows.
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Lovers do all the talking and writing. What are the Beloveds thinking?
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A great reader seldom recognizes his solitude.
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Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids.
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Sex and writing live on playful cruelties.
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The philosophy of hedonism means little to lovers of pleasure. They have no inclination to read philosophy, or to write it.
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Even in writing an annual report, the unconscious plays a role.
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Creativity makes a leap, then looks to see where it is.
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Writing about an idea frees me of it. Thinking about it is a circle of repetitions.
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There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them.
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The novel avoids the sublime and seeks out the interesting.
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Never lie in writing.
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Shaw writes as if it were always midday.
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