The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do every … - Walter Mosley

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I sort of pride myself in my dissatisfaction with my work. I've always been concerned with buying the hype, and having that make your performances suffer.

Walter Mosley

The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do every day - every morning or every night, whatever time it is that you have. Ideally, the time you decide on is also the time when you do your best work.

Morning, Night, Thing, Work, Writing

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These short stories are vast structures existing mostly in the subconscious of our cultural history. They will live with the reader long after the words have been translated into ideas and dreams. That's because a good short story crosses the borders of our nations and our prejudices and our beliefs. A good short story asks a question that can't be answered in simple terms. And even if we come up with some understanding, years later, while glancing out of a window, the story still has the potential to return, to alter right there in our mind and change everything.

Dream, History, Ideas, Mind, Simple, Terms

A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.

Peasant, Peasants, Prince, Reads, Waiting

A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him

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Our collective freedom. . . depends on our ability to defend the rights of others.

Ability, Freedom, Rights

Every day that we wake up is a good day. Every breath that we take is filled with hope for a better day. Every word that we speak is a chance to change what is bad into something good.

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