Top 7 Gordon Lish Quotes
#2. Writing is not about self-expression; it is about putting words on paper.
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#3. I have come to be convinced that it is only the unbending observance of custom that sustains life in an urban circumstance.
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#4. The secret of good writing is telling the truth.
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#5. I see the notion of talent as quite irrelevant. I see instead perseverance, application, industry, assiduity, will, will, will, desire, desire, desire.
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#6. It's not what happens to people on the page; it's about what happens to a reader in his heart and mind.
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#7. Never be sincere - sincerity is the death of writing.
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