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Why I Write by George Orwell
3.0
While his politics is no longer relevant, [a:George Orwell|3706|George Orwell|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1374989696p2/3706.jpg]'s literary insights will never date.
Two of the four essays in this short work [b:Why I Write|9644|Why I Write|George Orwell|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388379786s/9644.jpg|1070685] concentrate on the art of writing: 'Why I write' and 'Politics and the English language'.
This quote (from page 10) says it all:
'All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the bottom of their motives there lies a mystery. Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand'.
Two of the four essays in this short work [b:Why I Write|9644|Why I Write|George Orwell|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388379786s/9644.jpg|1070685] concentrate on the art of writing: 'Why I write' and 'Politics and the English language'.
This quote (from page 10) says it all:
'All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the bottom of their motives there lies a mystery. Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand'.