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Quote by Robert Lipsyte

“Most people quit. If you don't quit, if you rewrite, if you keep publishing in fancier places, you will understand that "What's the secret?" is not the question, which is, "Are you having fun?"”

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Robert Lipsyte

Robert Lipsyte, born on January 16, 1938, is an American journalist known for his work across various fields, including sports, politics, and social issues. Lipsyte is renowned for his in-depth investigative reporting and critical analysis of social problems. more

“It can take years. With the first draft, I just write everything. With the second draft, it becomes so depressing for me, because I realize that I was fooled into thinking I'd written the story. I hadn't-I had just typed for a long time. So then I have to carve out a story from the 25 or so pages. It's in there somewhere-but I have to find it. I'll then write a third, fourth, and fifth draft, and so on.”

Thinking Writing Years Firsts Long Stories Realizing Written Pages Long Time Thirds Fourth Depressing Fifth Fooled

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“Most of the characteristics which make for success in writing are precisely those which we are all taught to repress ... the firm belief that you are an important person, that you are a lot smarter than most people, and that your ideas are so damned important that everybody should listen to you.”

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“Finish what you start. Keep submitting until it sells.”

Writing Sells

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“War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall be ready to suffer every persecution that their abstention will bring them. It is the only way to abolish war.”

Men Way War Suffering Literature Violence Ready Disappear Persecution Abolish Abstention

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