D.H. Lawrence, I think, defined the difference between writing an article and writing a novel very well. He said, in writing a… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
I want to engage the reader. I'm an emotional writer, in the sense that I would be happy if you re-read a… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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My technicians are my most important tools. Once I establish a rapport with them, then they would understand me in my next… — Yash Chopra Copy Share Image
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Aly and I went through just a long period of time where we just didn't feel creative musically. And, you know, we… — AJ Michalka Copy Share Image
With the first 'Toy Story,' we didn't know what the hell we were doing. We'd never made a movie before, so we… — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
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Our words had to be circumspect. We could not write anything too negative about our circumstances. This was tricky, since the very… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
I love that "furious and gorgeous barrage." That helps me see the relation between the introduction and the book's final section, where… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
Kids, if anything, are harder to write for because they are a more discerning audience. They will not stay with you if… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
To see your country being destroyed from afar - it's very hard to only watch and do nothing. My writing is the… — Osama Alomar Copy Share Image
Think about that: at a time when it was inconceivable to have a woman rabbi or a woman scholar of Christian theology… — Khaled Abou El Fadl Copy Share Image
If writing with a goal - whether it be evangelistic, apologetic, or didactic - implies propaganda, then all recorded history is propaganda.… — Paul Copan Copy Share Image
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I grew up - my dad, every time I was with my dad, he was always - not always, but he wrote.… — Ad-Rock Copy Share Image
What you are lies with you. If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
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I'm not only a writer, but have directed and produced, know the difficulties of the line producer, can deal with the studio,… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
Things like rhyming - it just wasn't falling out of my head that way. So I started to get quite freaked out… — Elena Tonra Copy Share Image
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The writer, Ruth Jhabvala, livedin India but was German. My partner Ismail Merchant was from Bombay but was educated in England and… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
I've never gone through the paces that writing textbooks sometimes recommend, such as writing out a character's biography, or determining what his… — Teddy Wayne Copy Share Image
The only advice [for new writers and poets] I can offer is to be yourself: not the self someone else wants you… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
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I was incredibly lucky that my first book found a large and loyal readership. It changed my life - from being a… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
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What was it that obliged Jerome to write his book, Concerning Illustrious Men? It was the common reproach of old cast upon… — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
When I was very young, I didn't really write my own material. I just memorized other peoples' jokes. Established comics, like Stanley… — Kevin Nealon Copy Share Image
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