Hilary Mantel - Writers displace their anxiety on to the tools of the trade. It's better to say ...

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Writers displace their anxiety on to the tools of the trade. It's better to say that you haven't got the right pencil than to say you can't write, or to blame your computer for losing your chapter than face up to your feeling that it's better lost.

Hilary Mantel

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Schriftsteller verdrängen ihre Angst auf die Werkzeuge des Handels. Es ist besser zu sagen, dass Sie nicht den richtigen Stift haben, als zu sagen, dass Sie nicht schreiben können, oder Ihrem Computer die Schuld dafür zu geben, dass er sein Kapitel verloren hat, als sich dem Gefühl zu stellen, dass er besser verloren ist.

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