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Brad Wendel / June 9, 2014

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Novels are not about expressing yourself, they’re about something beautiful, funny, clever and organic. Self-expression? Go and ring a bell in the yard if you want to express yourself. Zadie Smith
Sure, it’s simple, writing for kids. Just as simple as bringing them up. Ursula K LeGuin
Something that you feel will find its own form. Jack Kerouac
I think most writers, even the best, overwrite. I prefer to underwrite. Simple, clear as a country creek. Truman Capote
Sex is an important part of who we are. It drives us, it motivates us, it makes us do sometimes very noble things and it makes us do sometimes incredibly stupid things. Leave it out [of fiction] and you’ve got an incomplete world. George R.R. Martin