I found that married life gave me the necessary freedom to follow an ambition which had been with me since childhood; and… — Jean Plaidy Copy Share Image
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Science fiction encourages us to explore... all the futures, good and bad, that the human mind can envision. — Marion Zimmer Bradley Copy Share Image
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I had always wanted to run my own show and focus solely on the writing, and that's what 'Survivor's Remorse' has been… — Mike O'Malley Copy Share Image
Once I began college, I was committed to writing, which I think is different from saying I wanted to become a writer.… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
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“Writing keeps death at bay. Every book I write is a triumph over death. ... If we did not know we’d die,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
From a writer's standpoint, each character and story presents its own unique challenges and delights. I'm deeply curious about all of my… — Tina St. John Copy Share Image
For correct writing, the cultivation of patience and mental accuracy is essential. Throughout the young author's period of apprenticeship, he must keep… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing -… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Gandhi was only minding his own business when he took a walk to get some salt and ended up overthrowing the British… — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
The fact is that all the recording science and technology in the world is no substitute for a good song or for… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
Fiction ought to announce the problems, dramatize the problems, display them. Yet offer no set answer. An answer would solve the mystery.… — Antonya Nelson Copy Share Image
I write songs for the same reasons most artists write songs -because I have to, whatever that means. Because I want to… — Aldous Harding Copy Share Image
I write because, exacting as it may be to do so, it is still more difficult to refrain, and because - however… — Iris Origo Copy Share Image
I've written quite a few things, but I've put it on hold for now to see how everything fits together. Then I'll… — Matt Sharp Copy Share Image
I cling to the fantasy that I could have done something more creative. Like actually writing a script, or writing a book.… — Hugh Grant Copy Share Image
But typically for a project like the Mac, the size we had was pretty good. And it has different stages. The team… — Andy Hertzfeld Copy Share Image
Most new writers think it's easy to write for children, but it's not. You have to get in a beginning, middle and… — Andrea Brown Copy Share Image
My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only… — David Brin Copy Share Image
The millions or billions of micro decisions that you're going to make, that's what will determine who you are as a writer,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
If you want to write for yourself, get a diary. If you want to write for your friends, get a blog. If… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I don't really know the person who wrote the things I wrote. I kind of know him, but I change so much… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
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Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most… — Jack Herer Copy Share Image
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I have written about the women around me. My ancestors, my relatives, lovers. It was a way of trying to make it… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
I don't read as much as I'd like. I've been writing a lot. I've been doing a lot of music, but I… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
Though I've spent years working with and creating images, I feel most comfortable expressing myself through writing. — Michael Salu Copy Share Image
Literature is a form of permanent insurrection. Its mission is to arouse, to disturb, to alarm, to keep men in a constant… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
I have two children. They are more fun than anything in the world, and it's more immediate fun than the hard slog… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
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Against the disease of writing one must take special precautions, since it is a dangerous and contagious disease. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research. — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
You could do a 'Les Mis'-type musical about Hamilton, but it would have to be 12 hours long, because the amount of… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
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[Contemporary writer] could be a kind of [Samuel] Beckett who would not be felt to be totally committed to despair. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
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