don't write
12th December 2016 | for Creatives | creating isn't easy, writing, memoir, Russian, Elena Gorokhova, Anton Chekhov |
"A famous quote from Chekhov that sounds better in Russian goes something like, 'If you are able not to write, don't write.' If you can live without it, don't do it, because it's painful and humiliating and an awful lot of work, especially memoir."
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