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The Quotable Murr

04.19.2021 by David Murray // Leave a Comment

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The Quotable Murr: Tycoon edition

03.22.2021 by David Murray // Leave a Comment

Do you think my people would find it oppressive if I just started casually setting deadlines at “close of business Sunday”?

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The Quotable Murr, on writing

02.22.2021 by David Murray // 1 Comment

Apologies to Joan Didion, who said, “I don’t know what I think until I write it down.”

And to Flannery O’Connor, who said, “I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.”

And to William Faulkner, who said, “I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.”

And to E.M. Forster, who said, “How do I know what I think until I see what I say?”

I never know what I think of an idea until I see how it looks in Boots.

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