The writer must be four people: 1) The nut, the obsede 2) The moron 3)…

Susan Sontag
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The writer must be four people: 1) The nut, the obsede 2) The moron 3) The stylist 4) The critic. 1 supplies the material; 2 lets it come out; 3 is taste; 4 is intelligence. ✨ Susan Sontag (2008). Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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The writer must be four people: 1) The nut, the obsede 2) The moron 3) The stylist 4) The critic. 1 supplies the material; 2 lets it come out; 3 is taste; 4 is intelligence. ✨ Susan Sontag (2008). Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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