“The secret of being a writer: Not to expect others to value what you've done as you value it. Not to expect anyone else to perceive in it the emotions you have invested in it. Once this is understood, all will be well. Not indifference, not apathy— but self-containment is the result.”
Joyce Carol Oates, from a journal entry (via violentwavesofemotion)
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what you've done as you value it. Not to expect anyone else
to perceive in it the emotions you have invested in it. Once
this is understood, all will be well. Not indifference, not
apathy— but self-containment is the result.”
Joyce Carol Oates, from a journal entry (via
violentwavesofemotion)