Never ride a bike with the brakes on. If something is proving too diff…

Geoff Dyer
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Never ride a bike with the brakes on. If something is proving too difficult, give up and do something else. Try to live without resort to perseverance. ✨ Ten rules for writing fiction, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.
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Never ride a bike with the brakes on. If something is proving too difficult, give up and do something else. Try to live without resort to perseverance. ✨ Ten rules for writing fiction, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

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Never ride a bike with the brakes on. If something is proving too difficult, give up and do something else. Try to live without resort to per­severance. ✨ Ten rules for writing fiction, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

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Never ride a bike with the brakes on. If something is proving too difficult, give up and do something else. Try to live without resort to perseverance. ✨ Ten rules for writing fiction, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.