Larry L. King quotes
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“Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts.”
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“The best kind of writing, and the biggest thrill in writing, is to suddenly read a line from your typewriter that you didnt know was in you.”
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“Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide.”
-- Larry L. KingSource : Larry L. King (1987). “None but a blockhead: on being a writer”, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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“For a few precious moments... I am back in Old Texas, under a high sky... where all things are again possible... and the wind blows free.”
-- Larry L. KingSource : Larry L. King (1980). “Of outlaws, con men, whores, politicians, and other artists”, Viking Adult
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“Money, power, love, sex (until they get married), adulation, children, and control. Of these, children cause the most trouble. Women also want equal rights and equal pay for equal work, and I agree with them 100%. Though on some days it is hard to figure out how a species that controls 97% of the money and all the ***** can be downtrodden.”
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“Texas is my mind's country, that place I most want to understand and record and preserve. Four generations of my people sleep in its soil; I have children there, and a grandson; the dead past and the living future tie me to it.”
-- Larry L. KingSource : Larry L. King (1985). “Warning, Writer at Work: The Best Collectibles of Larry L. King”, p.164, TCU Press
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Source : Ben Horowitz (2014). “The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers”, p.9, Harper Collins
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“There is no shortcut to life. To the end of our days, life is a lesson imperfectly learned.”
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“Writing and rewriting are a constant search for what it is one is saying.”
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“There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.”
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