The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
I always begin to compose the melody first.
The first job of a writer is to be honest.
The first writers are first and the rest, in the long run, nowhere but in anthologies.
Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.
Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.
The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.
When somebody asks what I do, I guess I say 'writer' first.
Composing is sort of an intuitive act. You have to put yourself in the right frame of mind.
All writers I know are readers first and foremost, and that's why you become a writer.
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