Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. (Anita Desai)

Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.

Anita Desai

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Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation to write the next book. View quote
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...the moon that hung over the garden like some great priceless pearl, flawed and blemished with grey shadowy ridges as only a very great beauty can risk being. View quote
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Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a sport every day to keep their skills honed. View quote
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Isn't it strange how life won't flow, like a river, but moves in jumps, as if it were held back by locks that are opened now and then to let it jump forwards in a kind of flood? View quote
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My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my work too rigidly. View quote
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