Ursula K. Le Guin on Writing

“Well, the secret to writing is writing. It's only a secret to people who don't want to hear it. Writing is how you be a writer.”

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“I have no control over my writing. I have lots of good intentions, but no control. There's a story that wants to be told.”

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“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape? ... If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”

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“The creative adult is the child who survived.”

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“Shoot for the top, always. You know you'll never make it, but what's the fun if you don't shoot for the top?”

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“There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.”

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Ursula K. Le Guin on Writing

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