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Theoretically there's no reason one should get [writer's block], if one understands that writing, after all, is only writing, neither something one ought to feel deeply guilty about nor something one ought to be inordinately proud of.
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John Gardner, On Becoming a Novelist
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![Theoretically there's no reason one should get [writer's block], if one understands that writing, after all, is only wri — John Gardner, On Becoming a Novelist](https://quotesread.com/uploads/quotes/0/22/06/220613_2.jpg "Theoretically there's no reason one should get [writer's block], if one understands that writing, after all, is only writing, neither something one ought to feel deeply guilty about nor something one — John Gardner, On Becoming a Novelist")
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![Theoretically there's no reason one should get [writer's block], if one understands that writing, after all, is only wri — John Gardner, On Becoming a Novelist](https://quotesread.com/uploads/quotes/0/22/06/220613_4.jpg "Theoretically there's no reason one should get [writer's block], if one understands that writing, after all, is only writing, neither something one ought to feel deeply guilty about nor something one — John Gardner, On Becoming a Novelist")
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