"You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you're writing."
"Some writers say they cannot write in front of a window; many say they cannot function without almost perfect quiet. A writer with only two hours a day can write in the back of an open truck on the Interstate."
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Source: Gene Wolfe (1995). “Castle of Days”, p.221, Macmillan
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