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Reading vs. Writing

March 7, 2011

Sometimes I think a writer should make up his mind whether he’s going to be a writer or a reader. There isn’t time for both.

— Jessamyn West (via The Paris Review).

That is exactly how I feel: can’t read when I’m writing, can’t write when I’m reading.

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