I still have a stammer. I hate it; I loathe and despise it. But it's always there, and I have lots of… — Maggie O'Farrell Copy Share Image
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Women hock their jewels and their husbands' insurance policies to acquire an unaccustomed shade in hair or crêpe de chine. Why then… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
Between the Dinosaur Jr. albums and his recent solo albums, 'Several Shades of Why' and 'Heavy Blanket,' J Mascis is emerging as… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Whenever you think you're writing what other people want to hear from you, and that it'll be commercial, you're doomed to disaster.… — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
The one thing emphasized in any creative writing course is 'write what you know,' and that automatically drives a wooden stake through… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
You who are journalists, writers, citizens, you have the right and duty to say to those you have elected that they must… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I'm trying to immerse myself in the chaos of an emotional experience, rather than separate myself from it and… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
“I am told that César Aira writes two books a year, at least, some of which are published by a little Argentinean… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
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I went to college in North Carolina, and that's how I learned how to play music. I learned how to play guitar… — Nicole Atkins Copy Share Image
My favorite leader is George Washington. Because he came from very modest circumstances. He wasn't the son of a plantation owner. He… — Les Wexner Copy Share Image
I always thought old age would be a writer’s best chance. Whenever I read the late work of Goethe or W. B.… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
I thought about how odd it is for billions of people to be alive, yet not one of them is really quite… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
The most reward experience is having another writer come up to you and say that they started writing because they read my… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
Even though Lyndon Johnson's presidency was in many ways scarred forever by the war in Vietnam, and destroyed in a lot of… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud's work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
Being in a kids' show... taught me so much about who I am as an individual, and I learned a lot through… — Olivia Holt Copy Share Image
Even though I've mostly done movies, TV has developed in such a wonderful way over the past few years in the sense… — Thekla Reuten Copy Share Image
I have not much faith in women in fiction… Women are so horribly subjective and they have such scorn for the healthy… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
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There's one thing about TV that I really think is true. If you find the right cast and the right writers, and… — Rhea Perlman Copy Share Image
If you're writing a book that takes place in New York in the moment, you can't not write about 9-11; you can't… — Richard Price Copy Share Image
This is mainly because I spend a lot of time writing and so don't have much time to read; I hate to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Who taught you to write in blood on my back? Who taught you to use your hands as branding irons? You have… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
She would smile and show no surprise, convinced as she was, the same as I, that casual meetings are apt to be… — Julio Cortazar Copy Share Image
I remember listening to the radio as a kid and finding that the songs always made me feel more peaceful. Funny, but… — Chris Isaak Copy Share Image
I have suffered, like other writers, from indolence, irresolution, distaste to my work, absence of 'inspiration,' and all that: but I have… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
Really, in the end, the only thing that can make you a writer is the person that you are, the intensity of… — Santha Rama Rau Copy Share Image
I don't teach anymore, but I can still clearly see fifth period after lunch - that's a real tough time to teach.… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Long before the idea of a writer's conference was a glimmer in anyone's eye, writers learned by reading the work of their… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
The thing I always tell my writing students - I'm not a full-time instructor, by any means, but periodically I've taught writing… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
Before I was attacked, I would write about the future - just goals, lists and plans. I'd scribble without depth or substance… — Katie Piper Copy Share Image
After 20 years of writing academic prose and lectures, it seems very familiar and straightforward to me. Writing a novel for the… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
As for most writers, language is vital for me: a writer's ability to render a fictional world - characters, landscape, emotions -… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
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When I think about the things that cause me pain or the things that cause me trouble or frustration, it's not people… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
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