An author cannot of course remain wholly unaffected by his experience, but the desire to write has to be given to him, and the means to write depends on his power to bring it out of himself.

Lord of the Rings

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Letter to Milton Waldman

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1951

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https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10706-an-author-cannot-of-course-remain-wholly-…

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