It's true and it's easily said that language is material, and something does materialise as one writes.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A writer is a tool of the language rather than the other way around.
We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
It's true that your environment influences how you write.
Writing is about culture and should be about everything. That's what makes it what it is.
People who grow up with two or more languages understand that each can express certain aspects of reality better than the other.
Language is froth on the surface of thought.
Writing, for me, is an inherent part of understanding the material on a deeper level.
If a writer doesn't do anything but give a new word to his language and, from there, maybe to other languages, I think that writer redefines the world.
Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught.
Art is much more confined by materials than writing is.
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