“ Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. ”
Source: David Copperfield
Categories: Writer
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A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it 
The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say. 
If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. 
Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either. 
Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for. 