“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.”
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Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.
Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.
Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends.
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.