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“I honestly turned to writing because I didn't know what else to do, and because a friend had gently suggested it.”

Quote by Emily Susan Rapp

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Emily Susan Rapp

Emily Susan Rapp, born on July 12, 1974, is an outstanding figure in an unknown field. more

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“I have been, earlier in my life, a lazy writer. I'd spend three hours at the gym to avoid writing, or I'd just find other distractions - reading, doing laundry, talking on the phone, etc. But suddenly I was like a laser beam: I was relentlessly focused, sometimes to the detriment of other things.”

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“People romanticize, I think, this notion of life. But life at all costs is not life, it's ego-extension.”

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“I don't believe in God, but I do believe in that chaotic reality, and also this: that none of us knows anything about anything. Period.”

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“Think of how much we stress about living up to our "potential," and how it creates anxiety and terror in people; in short, stops them from living their life as fully as they might out of fear and self-loathing.”

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“It's terrible to know that no matter how you try to help your child, his condition will worsen.”

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“I write one poem a year, usually in January or February.”

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“I love poetry, but I find it so difficult to write well.”

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“I do write fiction, and I find it more difficult, but also more liberating. On the one hand, you can make up the story, but you have to make up the story.”

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“Nonfiction ties your hands a bit, and just like writing poetry in rhyme, it can force you to make more brutal decisions in terms of word choice, plot, etc.”

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“I rarely wear tennis shoes. I'm 5' 8', I hate being short.”

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