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> [I write the first sentence and trust in God for the next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-sterne/i-write-the-first-sentence-and-trust-in-god-for-the-next/)

[Laurence Sterne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-sterne/)

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> [“For dramatic variation, write a sentence with subject and verb near the end.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-peter-clark/for-dramatic-variation-write-a-sentence-with-subject-and-verb-near/)

[Roy Peter Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-peter-clark/)

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> [I write a sentence a thousand times, changing it all the time to look at it in different ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-lebowitz/i-write-a-sentence-a-thousand-times-changing-it-all-the-time-to-look/)

[Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-lebowitz/)

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> [I can't pass up a blank book when I see it in a bookstore. And I write a sentence in it, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-larroquette/i-can-t-pass-up-a-blank-book-when-i-see-it-in-a-bookstore-and-i-write/)

[John Larroquette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-larroquette/)

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> [I wouldn't ever write the full sentence myself, but then, I never use goto either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/i-wouldn-t-ever-write-the-full-sentence-myself-but-then-i-never-use/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

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> [It took me ten minutes to write this very sentence. I'm no writer. This is not my calling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/macaulay-culkin/it-took-me-ten-minutes-to-write-this-very-sentence-i-m-no-writer-this/)

[Macaulay Culkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/macaulay-culkin/)

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> [Few things in life are less efficient than a group of people trying to write a sentence. The advantage of this method…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-adams/few-things-in-life-are-less-efficient-than-a-group-of-people-trying/)

[Scott Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-adams/)

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> [I turn sentences around. That's my life. I write a sentence and then I turn it around. Then I look at it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/i-turn-sentences-around-that-s-my-life-i-write-a-sentence-and-then-i-3/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

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> [I write sentence to sentence. That's the kind of writer I am. I don't have a plot when I begin. I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-adams/i-write-sentence-to-sentence-that-s-the-kind-of-writer-i-am-i-don-t/)

[Lorraine Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-adams/)

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> [I just don't know what makes a picture, really - the thing that makes it is something unique, as far as I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-callahan/i-just-don-t-know-what-makes-a-picture-really-the-thing-that-makes-it/)

[Harry Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-callahan/)

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> [Obviously, in journalism, you're confined to what happens. And the tendency to embellish, to mythologize, it's in us. It makes things more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-hempel/obviously-in-journalism-you-re-confined-to-what-happens-and-the/)

[Amy Hempel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-hempel/)

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