Often I think writing is a sheer paring away of oneself leaving always…

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Often I think writing is a sheer paring away of oneself leaving always something thinner, barer, more meagre. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). Collected Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works, p.140, e-artnow
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