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Nobody cares much whether you write or not. You just have to do it

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Natalie Goldberg
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 4
Author
Novelist
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Cares
Nobody
Whether
Write
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Writing
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Shut up and write anyway. Don't use anything as an excuse.
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