Whatever respect photography may once have deserved is now superfluous in view of its own superfluity. - Will Self

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One of the most puzzling things about a novel is that "the way it really was" half the time is, and half the time isn't, the way it ought to be in the novel.

Will Self

Whatever respect photography may once have deserved is now superfluous in view of its own superfluity.

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Don't look back until you've written an entire draft, just begin each day from the last sentence you wrote the preceeding day. This prevents those cringing feelings, and means that you have a substantial body of work before you get down to the real work which is all in. . . The edit.

Begin, Cringing, Day, Mean, Real, Writing

Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever.

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A creative life cannot be sustained by approval any more than it can be destroyed by criticism.

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I'm an anarchist. I'm implacably opposed to heirarchical systems of power and control. I also mistrust crowds, as they often operate according to their lowest common denominator. In terms of evolutionary psychology, the crowd is very close to a herd of stampeding wildebeest.

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Whenever I produce my best work, it's always because I've spent time being idle. Something always emerges after nothing.

Best Work, Idle, Produce, Whenever, Work, Working It

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Deep down, nobody wants a job to occupy his or her time. We want a mission that inspires us.

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One of the most puzzling things about a novel is that "the way it really was" half the time is, and half the time isn't, the way it ought to be in the novel.

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I have these meetings with really powerful men and they ask me all the time, 'Where are your kids? Are your kids here?' It's such a weird question. Never in a million years do I ask guys where their kids are. It would be comparable to me going to a guy, 'Do you feel like you see your kids enough?'

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