I believe that I must do everything I can do to lessen misery. That's all I can do, and that is something enormous. It is a great power.

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“Go where the pleasure is in your writing. Go where the pain is. Write the book …”

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“It seems an insult to the night to speak of purpose and intent, when this commo…”