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9 Outtakes from James Baldwin's Paris Review interview - Rolf Potts
- Writer and activist James Baldwin on the power of reading:
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who ever had been alive.... See morefrom 3-2-1: How to time travel, the power of reading, and being grateful when you don't have what you want by James Clear
1) Write. There is no substitute. Write what you most passionately want to write, not blogs, posts, tweets or all the disposable bubblewrap in which modern life is cushioned. But start small: write a good sentence, then a good paragraph, and don’t be dreaming about writing the great American novel or what you’ll wear at the awards ceremony becaus
... See morefrom How to Be a Writer: 10 Tips From Rebecca Solnit by Rebecca Solnit
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