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James Lee Burke quotes about work

American Author December 5, 1936

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writing is like being in love. You never get better at it or learn more about it. The day you think you do is the day you lose it. Robert Frost called his work a lover's quarrel with the world. It's ongoing. It has neither a beginning nor an end. You don't have to worry about learning things. The fire of one's art burns all the impurities from the vessel that contains it. James Lee Burke
I made her talk about her family, her home, her music, and her work, everything that defined who she was before Bobby Joe had touched her with his probing hands. James Lee Burke
Age is a peculiar kind of thief. It slips up on you and steps inside your skin and is so quiet and methodical in its work that you never realize it has stolen your youth until you look into the mirror one morning and see a man you don't recognize. James Lee Burke
When people make a contract with the devil and give him an air-conditioned office to work in, he doesn't go back home easily. James Lee Burke
James Lee Burke quote: "Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in..."
Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work. James Lee Burke

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