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The Writer Isn't Made In A Vacuum. Writers Are Witnesses. The Reason We Need Writers Is Because We Need Witnesses To This Terrifying Century.

The Act Of Composition Is A Series Of Discoveries.

In The Twentieth Century One Of The Most Personal Relationships To Have Developed Is That Of The Person And The State. It's Become A Fact Of Life That Governments Have Become Very Intimate With People, Most Always To Their Detriment.

Planning To Write Is Not Writing. Outlining, Researching, Talking To People About What You're Doing, None Of That Is Writing. Writing Is Writing.

Things That Appear On The Front Page Of The Newspaper As 'fact' Are Far More Dangerous Than The Games Played By A Novelist, And Can Lead To Wars.