If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced that there is, no one has … - John Steinbeck

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To put more faith in lies and hate than truth and love, is the true atheism.

John Steinbeck

If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced that there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to a recipe that can be passed from one person to another. The formula seems to lie solely in the aching urge of the writer to convey something he feels important to the reader. If the writer has that urge, he may sometimes but by no means always find the way to do it.

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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.

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The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence and awe. It's not only their unbelievable stature, nor the color which seems to shift and vary under your eyes, no, they are not like any trees we know, they are ambassadors from another time.

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And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.

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The camera need not be a cold mechanical device. Like the pen, it is as good as the man who uses it. It can be the extension of mind and heart.

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Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

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