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Red Smith Quotes: Writing is easy. Just sit in front of a typewriter, open up a vein and bleed it out drop by drop.
         

Writing is easy. Just sit in front of a typewriter, open up a vein and bleed it out drop by drop.


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Now it is done. Now the story ends. And there is no way to tell it. The art of fiction is dead. Reality has strangled invention.



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This page presents the quote "Writing is easy. Just sit in front of a typewriter, open up a vein and bleed it out drop by drop.". Author of this quote is Red Smith. This quote is about writing, easy, typewriters, art,.