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“That was asking a lot of my readers, I realized, but I was trying to write the novel I would most enjoy decoding.”

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Paul Di Filippo is an American science fiction writer born on October 29, 1954. His works are known for their unique imagination and profound philosophical insights, spanning various subgenres of science fiction. more

“To turn experience into speech - that is, to classify, to categorize, to conceptualize, to grammarize, to syntactify it - is always a betrayal of experience, a falsification of it; but only so betrayed can it be dealt with at all, and only in so dealing with it did I ever feel a man, alive and kicking.”

Men Feels Writing Turns Alive Speech Betrayal Betrayed Kicking Dealing With It Falsification

Author:John Barth

“Above all else, it is about leaving a mark that I existed: I was here. I was hungry. I was defeated. I was happy. I was sad. I was in love. I was afraid. I was hopeful. I had an idea and I had a good purpose and that's why I made works of art.”

Writing Art Made Ideas Purpose Mark Leaving Hungry Hopeful Works Of Art Defeated

Book:Felix Gonzalez-Torres

Source: Felix Gonzalez-Torres

“Everybody wants to feel that you're writing to a certain demographic because that's good business, but I've never done that ... I tried to write stories that would interest me. I'd say, what would I like to read?... I don't think you can do your best work if you're writing for somebody else, because you never know what that somebody else really thinks or wants.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Want Feels Writing Done Stories Certain Interest Can Do Best Work Demographics Good Business

Author:Stan Lee

“As for the story, whether the poet takes it ready made or constructs it for himself, he should first sketch its general outline, and then fill in the episodes and amplify in detail.”

Should Writing Firsts Made Stories Ready Poet Details Episodes Constructs Outlines Amplify

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)

“I've heard writers talk about "discovering a voice," but for me that wasn't a problem. There were so many voices that I didn't know where to start.”

Knows Writing Problem Voice Heard Discovering

Author:Sam Shepard

“All good writing leaves something unexpressed.”

Writing Good Writing

Author:Christian Nestell Bovee

“A book tour is, first and foremost, an exercise in humility.”

Writing Firsts Book Humility Exercise

Author:Alice McDermott

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