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Nov 07, 2020

I write down portions, maybe fragments, and perhaps an imperfect view of what I'm hoping to write. Out of that, I keep trying to find exactly what I want.

Perish
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Nov 07, 2020

In 1957, I decided: write or perish.

Nov 07, 2020

There came a time when I felt I was not going to be satisfied with life unless I could write.

Long
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Nov 07, 2020

A film writer is very much like a party girl. While you're good-looking and still unlined, the possibilities seem endless. But your appeal doesn't last long and you're quickly discarded.

I Am
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Nov 07, 2020

My ideal is a book that is perfect on every page, that gives you tremendous aesthetic joy on every page. I suppose I am trying to write such a book.

Book
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Nov 07, 2020

My first book was published without any editorial advice. Nobody said, 'You might do this or that,' or 'Why don't we see more of this.' I merely took the book and published it.

Editing
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Nov 07, 2020

It was not until I began to write a book called 'Light Years' that an editor really stepped in. The editor was Joe Fox at Random House, and he wound up editing a subsequent book.

Real
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Nov 07, 2020

There comes a time when you realize that everything is a dream, and only those things preserved in writing have any possibility of being real.

Earth
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Nov 07, 2020

Man was very fortunate to have invented the book. Without it, the past would completely vanish, and we would be left with nothing, we would be naked on earth.

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