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Many writers will get a contract by selling chapters and outlines or something like that. I wrote the entire novel, and when… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
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It is the fate of most men who mingle with the world, and attain even the prime of life, to make many… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
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If someone says something unpleasant, I can't say it doesn't smart a bit. It always does. Someone can take a really nasty… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
You can find me in the melodies, the chord progressions, the song style and structure. The lyrical places you fine me most… — Kristian Bush Copy Share Image
I don't remember reading much at all during the writing of Eileen. I go through several years-long dry spells and I don't… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
Writing Part of the Scenery has been a very different experience. I have been reminded of people and events, real and imaginary… — Mary Wesley Copy Share Image
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A few years ago, when I was writing songs for my first album, I was staying with Michael Feinstein as I often… — Cheyenne Jackson Copy Share Image
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I thought, "Well, I'm writing about early childhood, so maybe it would make sense to write about late childhood as well, early… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Allah is in Himself the non-being and the being, the inexistent and the existent. He is at the same time that which… — Abdelkader El Djezairi Copy Share Image
I learned with 'The Disaster Artist,' when I was writing the book, the audience will follow you if you really try to… — Greg Sestero Copy Share Image
Say what you want about it, Hell is story-friendly... The mechanisms of hell are nicely attuned to the mechanisms of narrative. Not… — Charles Baxter Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech is the great bulwark of liberty; they prosper and die together: And it is the terror of traitors and… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Helen Vendler calls this kind of interrogation of a work "roads not taken," suggesting that it's useful, when writing critically, to consider… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be a part of that experience of writing to an audience that is just starting to fall in… — Sarah Mlynowski Copy Share Image
Just keep writing, and try to finish that novel. Remember, all authors started exactly where you are right now; the only difference… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
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Every experience shapes your writing, being stuck in a car on a lonely bridge, or dancing at a prom, being the it… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
A lot of people write in to me and say that they feel like The Uni-verse has abandoned them. Now, that is… — Mastin Kipp Copy Share Image
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I think my philosophy on music is sort of like the difference between religion and spirituality or religion and faith. There's a… — Haley Bonar Copy Share Image
On the one hand I'm writing about somebody about whom I say in the book, "The only thing worse than being a… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
Name an actress over 40, and I want to write for them. I fantasize about so many. So many that have come… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
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Well, first you have to love writing. A lot of authors love having written. But I enjoy the actual writing. Beside that,… — R. L. Stine Copy Share Image
I would agree with that. But when I write lyrics, personally I don't care if the person who is listening to it… — David W. Marsden Copy Share Image
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![“A few years ago, when I was writing songs for my first album, I was staying with Michael Feinstein as I often did. I was working on a pilot. My grandma was very sick at the time. She died of complications from alcoholism. She always used to say [in his grandma's voice], "Red wine is good for my…” quote by Cheyenne Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/af4/cheyenne-jackson-16863_albums_a-few-years-ago-when-i-was-writing-songs_893330.jpg)
![“I thought, "Well, I'm writing about early childhood, so maybe it would make sense to write about late childhood as well, early adulthood." Those were my thoughts, and this was how this crazy book [Winter Journal] was composed. I've never seen a book with pictures like at the end, pictures related…” quote by Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/2f0/paul-auster-351_adulthood_i-thought-well-i-m-writing-about-early-c_2914480.jpg)
![“I think my philosophy on music is sort of like the difference between religion and spirituality or religion and faith. There's a lot of bullshit in the music industry. It's really tough to get a leg up and navigate around your gender and stereotypes. You feel hopeless, [but] all of that disappears…” quote by Haley Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/45f/haley-bonar-83184_bullshit_i-think-my-philosophy-on-music-is-sort-o_1365526.jpg)
