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Cheryl Strayed Quotes

Cheryl Strayed quotes about writing

American Writer September 17, 1968

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Of course you want someone special to love you. A majority of the people who write to me inquire about how they can get the same thing... Unique as every letter is, the point each writer reaches is the same: I want love and I'm afraid I'll never get it. It's hard to answer those letters because I'm an advice columnist, not a fortune-teller. I have words instead of a crystal ball. I can't say when you'll get love or how you'll find it or even promise that you will. I can only say you are... Cheryl Strayed
Don't lament so much about how your career is going to turn out. You don't have a career. You have a life. Do the work. Keep the faith. Be true blue. You are a writer because you write. Keep writing and quit your bitching. Your book has a birthday. You don't know what it is yet. Cheryl Strayed
The useless days will add up to something. The shitty waitressing jobs. The hours writing in your journal. The long meandering walks. The hours reading poetry and story collections and novels and dead people’s diaries and wondering about sex and God and whether you should shave under your arms or not. These things are your becoming. Cheryl Strayed
Cheryl Strayed quote: "Writing is part intuition and part trial and error, but mostly..."
Writing is part intuition and part trial and error, but mostly it's very hard work. Cheryl Strayed
A lot of people go off and have fun adventures, or hard adventures, and their impulse is to write about them right away. What really makes a difference is having some perspective on what happened. Cheryl Strayed
Cheryl Strayed quote: "Write like a motherfucker."
Write like a motherfucker. Cheryl Strayed

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