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What you feel when you're writing is the relief of thinking: if you write the sentence correctly, you're clarifying. If you write the right sentence, nothing feels as good.

Vivian Gornick
Writing, Thinking, Relief
"'We knew we were not liberated and were never going to be liberated. But we knew what liberation was'". Interview with Hayden Bennett, believermagblog.wordpress.com. March 24, 2014.
What you feel when you're writing is the relief of thinking: if you write the sentence correctly, you're clarifying. If you write the right sentence, nothing feels as good.