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Do you know how writers often say the characters take over... But that is more or less what it always feels like… — Wes Anderson Copy Share Image
It's hard for children's authors to be accepted when they try to write adult books. J.K. Rowling is the exception because people… — R. L. Stine Copy Share Image
When I'm in writing mode I tend not to listen to music. I usually have a gestation period before I start writing.… — Luke Temple Copy Share Image
I had written a novel that was more of a classic linear novel, and I worked on it and worked on it… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
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I really love movie soundtracks and stuff like that. That's really a huge part of any movie. I actually think about... that… — Jay Gordon Copy Share Image
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During the first formative centuries of its existence, Christianity was separated from and indeed antagonistic to the state, with which it only… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
The things that make you a functional citizen in society - manners, discretion, cordiality - don't necessarily make you a good writer.… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
I have come to understand myself as more of a New York writer, or more of a woman writer, but I don't… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order,… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in writing about people, including young children who are not able to speak for themselves. As in my… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Incredibly deep research combines with the talents of a fine historian and writer to produce superb narrative history. The true character and… — Robert M. Utley Copy Share Image
Because as any writer will tell you, an IDEA for a book is like falling in love, it's all wild emotion and… — Ben H. Winters Copy Share Image
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I came across humanity in Istanbul, and all I know about life comes from Istanbul, and definitely, I am writing about Istanbul.… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Clary screamed out loud as he fell like a stone- And landed lightly on his feet just in front of her. Clary… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
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The Monica Lewinsky scandal was happening at the very time I was writing the West Wing pilot and it was hard, at… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
To develop the creative attitude, analyze and focus on the wanted SOLUTION; seek out and fill your mind with the FACTS; write… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
The tendency in our spiritual life but also our more general attitude toward love is that our feelings are all that is… — Brian Kolodiejchuk Copy Share Image
It is curious that the two best-known British historians in the United States are Andrew Roberts and Niall Ferguson, each of whom… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
Say you write a song about a chandelier, and the chandelier gives off light. And the light is the color red and… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
When I'm writing with Tony Iommi, for example, still it's very easy. We go in, and I know exactly what his style… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
Well technology has changed a lot of things, making it possible for just about anyone to make music. But not everybody is… — Frankie Knuckles Copy Share Image
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Like my writing, my voice has been something I've worked at. I knew I had a good voice but it was a… — Thomas Grennan Copy Share Image
In high school, I had a teacher there who was really great to me and with whom I finally dared to admit… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
There are words that I wouldn't say because they hurt people's feelings. I just happen to be a white guy who writes… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
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I've been writing a lot about just the aspects of luck and being picked, and how of course it's always how one… — Doseone Copy Share Image
I look for the moment(s) in the story where the writer risked abandoning the glory of the self in favor of the… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
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“I concede that a bad romantic novel is embarrassing and indefensible. So is a bad so-called realistic novel. (And it is usually… — Mary Burchell Copy Share Image
As usual, the note occupied less than a page and included neither salutation nor closing, Uncle Hal's opinion being that since the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
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