There is only one thing a writer can write about: what is in front of …

William S. Burroughs
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There is only one thing a writer can write about: what is in front of his senses at the moment of writing... I am a recording instrument... I do not presume to impose story plot continuity... Insofar as I succeed in Direct recording of certain areas of psychic process I may have limited function... I am not an entertainer. ✨ William S. Burroughs (2007). Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader, p.169, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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