“not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse.”
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“My advice is to get a good agent and a good tax accountant if you ever make any money, and remember, you can't eat fame. And you can't write unless you want to write, and you can't want to unless you feel like it.”
"A Word to the Wise Guy"
The Adding Machine: Collected Essays (1985)
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