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I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

Peter De Vries
Work, Writing, Written Word

Sometimes I write drunk and revise sober, and sometimes I write sober and revise drunk. But you have to have both elements in creation — the Apollonian and the Dionysian, or spontaneity and restraint, emotion and discipline.

Peter De Vries
Writing, Discipline, Drunk
Peter De Vries (2014). “Reuben, Reuben: A Novel”, p.242, University of Chicago Press

I tried to write worse but it was no good; my generalizations came out as before, each more exquisite than the last. I grew discouraged.

Peter De Vries
Writing, Lasts, Discouraged
Peter De Vries (2014). “Comfort Me with Apples: A Novel”, p.24, Open Road Media

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