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I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type. And then I retype, correct, retype, and keep going until it's finished. It's been demonstrated to me many times that there is some inefficiency in this, but I find that the ease of moving a paragraph is not really what I need.
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I have never been able to write the story. I reach a certain point and cannot go on. The death of kings can be recited, but not of one's child.
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I didn't know what made me write at the beginning, but later I understood. It's simple: the one who writes it keeps it.
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I like to write. I'm moved by writing. One can't analyze it beyond that.
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If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
Herodotus
James Salter
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Born:
June 10, 1925
Died:
June 19, 2015
(aged 90)
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