Doris Lessing - I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling t...

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I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.

Doris Lessing

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Ich weiß nicht viel über kreative Schreibprogramme. Aber sie sagen nicht die Wahrheit, wenn sie nicht lehren, erstens, dass Schreiben harte Arbeit ist, und zweitens müssen Sie viel Leben, Ihr persönliches Leben, aufgeben, um Schriftsteller zu sein.

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