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I would stand and look out over the roofs of Paris and think, "Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.
Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now.
You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil.
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I would write one true sentence, and then go on from there.
Never write about a place until you're away from it, because it gives you perspective. Immediately after you've seen something you can give a photographic description of it and make it accurate. That's good practice, but it isn't creative writing.
You’ll ache. And you’re going to love it. It will crush you. And you’re still going to love all of it.
Never confuse movement with action.
If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.
Don't do what you sincerely don't want to do. Never confuse movement with action.
If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing about he may omit things that he knows and the reader, if the writer is writing truly enough, will have a feeling of those things as strongly as though the writer had stated them. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water. A writer who omits things because he does not know them only makes hollow places in his writing.
Everything is on such a clear financial basis in France. It is the simplest country to live in. No one makes things complicated by becoming your friend for any obscure reason. If you want people to like you you have only to spend a little money. I spent a little money and the waiter liked me. He appreciated my valuable qualities. He would be glad to see me, and would want me at his table. It would be a sincere liking because it would have a sound basis. I was back in France.
There are only two places in the world where we can live happy: at home and in Paris.
I mistrust all frank and simple people, especially when their stories hold together
You must be prepared to work always without applause.
Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?
The thing is to become a master and in your old age to acquire the courage to do what children did when they knew nothing.
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When I saw her I was in love with her. Everything turned over inside of me. She looked toward the door, saw there was no one, then she sat on the side of the bed and leaned over and kissed me.
