I do not write for money,448Please respect copyright.PENANAJdiIeGWSVX
And even less for fame,448Please respect copyright.PENANAuYprz3zgYA
I write because I have to,448Please respect copyright.PENANAvE5m2Hv8C5
It's simply who I am.448Please respect copyright.PENANAdf5zriXVeH
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I'm a jack of many trades,448Please respect copyright.PENANAstbcxfbRFm
And the master of a few,448Please respect copyright.PENANAguSA71CQol
But they do not define me,448Please respect copyright.PENANAHszMuSX5J0
They are just the things I do.448Please respect copyright.PENANAeQuIBhZG3F
448Please respect copyright.PENANAE7MRisyYbc
What I write will not endure,448Please respect copyright.PENANAj6m5ZYolio
Much of it will not be read,448Please respect copyright.PENANANowHS3Xf7b
Little of all I publish,448Please respect copyright.PENANApyu3x6Hh7z
Will survive long once I'm dead.448Please respect copyright.PENANA2pAEkpWMj9
448Please respect copyright.PENANAeWk2QkbHy9
I'd write if no one read me,448Please respect copyright.PENANAeptzPVno6g
In ink, on sand or in blood,448Please respect copyright.PENANAwxwR2BTgaY
As long as reason abides,448Please respect copyright.PENANAauJyEL2RFA
I know that I will not stop.448Please respect copyright.PENANAT1VsNYMkqi
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It is so for all of us,448Please respect copyright.PENANAfxlsZmlYc0
Who are writers at our core,448Please respect copyright.PENANAIdxUlSWSj5
Writing is our very essence,448Please respect copyright.PENANANBWt1wXIgN
It is who we are, no more.448Please respect copyright.PENANAaTeB3sRtTi
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Why I Write
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