Some people can sit down and write a song, but they can't go on stage like I can. I tell the songwriter's… — Sharon Jones Copy Share Image
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I genuinely am sort of an emotionally stunted man-child, so if I just write to the top of my intelligence, it sounds… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
I'm a writer, not an editor, and though the editing rarely cut into my writing time, it did take away from that… — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
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Read him slowly, dear girl, you must read Kipling slowly. Watch carefully where the commas fall so you can discover the natural… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
The President [Barack Obama] is very focused on [healthcare]. He, of course, is also writing this speech at high speed. And right… — Ron Suskind Copy Share Image
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Let's say I've directed that [writing] energy into writing my latest book but suddenly, I really want to write about an onion.… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
We trusted the writers and showrunners [in Westworlds] so much because they're so brilliant and the writing's so incredible. It really was… — Evan Rachel Wood Copy Share Image
I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the… — Zach Galifianakis Copy Share Image
The attraction of horror is a mental, or even an intellectual, excitement, but the fascination of the repulsive, so noticeable incontemporary writing,… — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
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People write because it seems like it'll be an easier job than carpet laying, that they might meet more girls. And they… — Warren Zevon Copy Share Image
He's trying to do info-tainment. He doesn't really want to talk about trans issues, he wants to sensationalize my life and not… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
I think that being a parent has expanded my writing, expanded my understanding of my characters, and has added a depth and… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
Before I started writing, I'd never read much fiction. I was more interested in non-fiction. I'm taking the same approach to theatre:… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
My theory on literature is an author who does not indulge in trashiness-writes about people you could introduce into your own home...he… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
You really have to bring your game and know what you want to do. And then, there are the producers and the… — Adrian Pasdar Copy Share Image
However, there is one great temptation and that is that you can forget that the aim of the writer was to reject… — Ventseslav Konstantinov Copy Share Image
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![“The President [Barack Obama] is very focused on [healthcare]. He, of course, is also writing this speech at high speed. And right coming up until the speech, he is convinced that a full plan, letter and verse of what the administration wants, will be released.” quote by Ron Suskind](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/457/ron-suskind-10115_administration_the-president-barack-obama-is-very-focus_40912.png)
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![“Let's say I've directed that [writing] energy into writing my latest book but suddenly, I really want to write about an onion. I don't say to myself, "No, you have stay on the subject," because I know that the longer I stay on the subject the more boring I get. So, if my mind wants to write about…” quote by Natalie Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/0d8/natalie-goldberg-1741_book_let-s-say-i-ve-directed-that-writing-ene_1176445.png)
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