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I like to write. Sometimes I'm afraid that I like it too much because when I get into work I don't want… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
The energy that actually shapes the world springs from emotions - racial pride, leader-worship, religious belief, love of war - which liberal… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
It took a pretty drastic moment to shift my thinking towards visual arts. I got to a moment in my writing career… — Truong Tran Copy Share Image
My writing model is my mother, who is a writer as well. She always valued clarity and simplicity above all else. If… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
I've still not written as well as I want to. I want to write so that the reader in Des Moines, Iowa,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
My favorite way of working is if somebody gives me a piece of music, because I'm quite limited as a player, so… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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“When a writer is born into a family, Czesław Miłosz once famously said, the family is finished. You could forget about having… — Judith Freeman Copy Share Image
It's okay to embark on writing because you think it will get you love. At least it gets you going, but it… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
If I had had to write only about imaginary people, I would have had to close up my typewriter. I wrote about… — William Maxwell Copy Share Image
When I started doing stand-up, there were people who were like, 'Well, that's not stand-up.' Then I started writing sketch comedy, and… — Julio Torres Copy Share Image
There's a limit of any form of representation; it's the same about writing about visual art. I still think it's useful for… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
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I like to be aware of a book as a piece of writing, and aware of its structure as a product of… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
[in 1998] I know my political ideas affect what I write but I've tried to follow the facts wherever they land. Every… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
After I started publishing poetry I got to teach creative writing. Eventually I was promoted and even got tenure. But then I… — Joan Larkin Copy Share Image
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I thought I would write something that would make some people uncomfortable. . . . What intrigued me, I think, was the… — Wendy Wasserstein Copy Share Image
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The only real reason for self-referencing is the fun factor. It's fun for the writer, getting little peeks at what old characters… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
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With my human rights advocacy, that's always been through my writing. I've always tried to write articles and contribute to journals and… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share Image
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When I look back I either feel I did this mistake while shooting or writing. Eventually you try and make sure you… — Vikramaditya Motwane Copy Share Image
Even though the discples were not aware of it, the presence was with them while they were reviewing the scriptures together on… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
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I started writing when I was around 6. I say 'writing,' but it was really just making up stuff! I started writing… — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image
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