“The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one--or both. Usually both.”

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Susan Sontag168

American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist 1933–2004

Fawn M. Brodie (1915–1981) American historian and biographer

Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History, ch. 1 (1974)

“In one sense 'there are' both universals and material objects, in another sense there is no such thing as either: statements about each can usually be analysed, but not always, nor always without remainder.”

J. L. Austin (1911–1960) English philosopher

Source: Philosophical Papers (1979), p. 43.

“Translation from Bulgarian: I believe the role of both the journalist and the writer is to analyze critically. Of course, both the writer and the journalist pay a price for this.”

Lea Cohen (1942)

Смятам, че ролята и на журналиста, и на писателя е критичният анализ. Разбира се и писателят, и журналистът плащат съответната цена. <br class="br">Програма Хоризонт, https://bnr.bg/post/101200075, Bulgarian National Radio, December 2019

“Constant practice devoted to one subject often prevails over both ability and skill.”
Adsiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit.

Marcus Tullius Cicero Pro Balbo

https://archive.org/stream/probalbo00ciceuoft#page/n5/mode/2up
Variant translation: Constant practice given to one matter often conquers both genius and art.
Pro Balbo, section 45