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A.J. Liebling, one of my heroes, used to say that he could write better than anyone who wrote faster, and faster than anyone who could write better. I'm one nine-hundredth as good as Liebling, but that principle may slightly apply.

The more you write, the more you're capable of writing.

I write fast, I write beautifully, I write convincingly.

My brother used to say that I wrote faster than he could read. He wrote two books - of poems - better than all mine put together.

There are probably many, many people who are better writers than me.

Writing comes more easily if you have something to say.

I'm a fast writer.

Just writing a lot doesn't necessarily make you a better writer. You have to hear yourself as a writer, and the best way to do that is to read your writing out loud.

I try to read writers who are better than me because it inspires me to be better.