Intellectuals love Jefferson and hate markets, and intellectuals write most of the books. Intellectuals often think that they should, for the benefit… — John Steele Gordon Copy Share Image
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While working on my first five books, I kept wishing I was writing a novel. I thought until you wrote a novel,… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
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I think the writer's quite low down in the hierarchy really. But the fact that they took the piss out of Nicholas… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
Most writers are unhappy with film adaptations of their work, and rightly so. 'Field of Dreams,' however, caught the spirit and essence… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
We have this huge discourse on family in this country, but no one deconstructs it the same way. People talk about "the… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Copy Share Image
I was trained mainly as a short story writer and that's how I started writing, but I've also become very interested in… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
The day it comes out, there's already things that you start to go, 'Oh, I should have done that a little differently.'… — Howie Day Copy Share Image
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If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad. As to that regular, uninterrupted love of writing. I do not… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
You know, there's an economy in lyric-writing that doesn't afford you, or at least me - I usually start off with nine… — J Tillman Copy Share Image
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My only problem with fans is when they turn pro. For example, when all the professional writers were fired by DC in… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
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You can't write for the cultural environment - if you do that, by the time it comes out, that cultural environment has… — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
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Quite often in history action has been the echo of words. An era of talk was followed by an era of events.… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
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Most short stories have but one plot. The very best, however, have what I call a plot-and-a-half – that is, a main… — Elizabeth Sims Copy Share Image
Writers imagine that they cull stories from the world. I'm beginning to believe that vanity makes them think so. That it's actually… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
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The WRITER of memoir gets incoming weirdness in very odd ways. I was recently talking to a memoir writer whose work just… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
Nietzsche himself was a great moralist; his writings abound with value judgments about individuals, character types, modes of thinking, and national traits.… — John Carroll Copy Share Image
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