More Alive
30th June 2016 | for Creatives | writing, Ian Fleming, artists must EXPERIENCE, value the art |
"Writing makes you more alive to your surroundings and, since the main ingredient of living—though you might not think so to look at most human beings—is to be alive, this is quite a worthwhile by-product of writing."
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