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I'm laying down my new audio book. No writing, just spoken words, the old fashioned way. -Kenny Powers — Eastbound And Down Copy Share Image
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A poem, a sentence, causes us to see ourselves. I be, and I see my being, at the same time. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
To be any sort of competent writer one must keep one's psychological distance from the supreme artists. — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
I don't usually purge myself by writing anything about any type of quote, so-called, relationships. — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
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Your life isn't about doing one perfect 'thing' and then falling down dead. It's more like going to church or writing a… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I am attracted to fantastic writing, and fantastic reading, of course. But I think things that we call fantastic may be real,… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
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You just write what you know, and I know what it's like to be a teenager in 1993,, and I'm a woman,… — Maggie Carey Copy Share Image
I have no credentials. I have no money. I literally come from a poor place. I was a servant. I dropped out… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
I feel like it's a good time to be a writer. I'm terminally optimistic. It seems like the publishing industry is in… — Brad Listi Copy Share Image
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If you want to write about a person who isn't nice, people say, "This is a bad book. It's about somebody I… — Tama Janowitz Copy Share Image
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“[T]he success of every novel -- if it's a novel of action -- depends on the high spots. The thing to do… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
Suppose that a person writes what she must. That is only the first step of becoming a writer. The work must survive… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
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