Arthur Schopenhauer - There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those...

There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject's sake, and those who write for writing's sake. [..] The truth is that when an author begins to write for the sake of covering paper, he is cheating the reader; because he writes under the pretext that he has something to say.

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There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject's sake, and those who write for writing's sake. [..] The truth is that when an author begins to write for the sake of covering paper, he is cheating the reader; because he writes under the pretext that he has something to say. Arthur Schopenhauer

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