“One must be pitiless about this matter of mood. In a sense writing will create the mood. Generally I’ve found this to be true. I have forced myself to begin writing when I’ve been utterly exhausted, when I’ve felt my soul as thin as a playing card, when nothing has seemed worth enduring for another five minutes… and somehow the activity of writing changes everything.” ~Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates – writing changes everything
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