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" Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite - getting something down. "

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" When we clear the physical clutter from our lives, we literally make way for inspiration and 'good, orderly direction' to enter. "

" I think we have a great deal of mythology around writing. We believe that only a few people can really do it. I wrote a book called 'The Right to Write.' In it, I argued that all of us have the capacity to write. That it's as normal to write as it is to speak. "

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