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Public education is so important - resisting privatization and charterization, high-stakes testing, and defunding. It's important for New York, but it's also important for the country.

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Ben Fountain

I think if you spend much time dwelling on influence you can get self-conscious about every line you write. That's a great way to freeze up.

Line, Self, Spend, Thinking, Way, Writing
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The funny thing is, about the time I let go of any aspiration toward worldly success, that's about the time I started writing decent work.

Funny, Funny Things, Let, Letting Go, Toward, Writing

If you want to write, then write; if you don't want to write, then don't write. I fell into the former category, and I just made the decision that I'd keep on because I liked it and might someday do something decent.

Decision, Keep, Liked, Want, Write, Writing

I realized I was never going to have any peace with myself unless I made an honest stab at trying to write.

Honest, Stab, Trying, Write, Writing

I'm a writer, not an editor, and though the editing rarely cut into my writing time, it did take away from that walking-around-thinking-about-it-when-you're-not-thinking-about-it time that I think is important for writers. When you're half-thinking about what you're working on while driving, cooking. . . just letting things sift and settle, come to you.

Cutting, Editor, Take, Think, Thinking, Writing

I quit law in 1988 to start writing, and it took me 17 years from that point to get a book contract. I guess you can say I was on the slow train.

Book, Writing, Years, Contract, Point
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