Tuesday
Mar202012
An Ounce Each Day
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 09:00AM 
People say to me, 'Oh, you're so prolific.' God, it doesn't feel like it — nothing like it. But, you know, you put an ounce in a bucket each day, you get a quart.
--John McPhee, who has published more than 25 books but rarely writes more than 500 words a day.
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