Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections: ...time away from the world to be a writer...

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Monday, January 12, 2004

...time away from the world to be a writer...

"Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made." Gore Vidal Usually the phrase 'time away from the world' brings up images of a mountain retreat for days and weeks of solitude. Or an escape to a seaside... Sign in to see full entry.

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