Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it do — Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
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Half the urge to write is the premonition that later the thought I am having might disappear so I had better write it down while I still have the inclination, however overshadowed this desire is by indolence.

— Wayne Koestenbaum, My 1980s and Other Essays
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