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Writer Quotes by Joanne Harris

14 Writer quotes by Joanne Harris

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Even a modest collection can spark ideas, and Joanne Harris’s fourteen thoughts on the writer’s life do just that. They capture the quirks and challenges she sees in the creative process, making a handy starting point for anyone exploring the craft.

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What is a writer of fiction but a liar with a licence?

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I love it when my books cause controversy, when people argue violently about the ending.

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The process of writing is a little like madness, a kind of possession not altogether benign.

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The great thing about books is that you can end with a question mark.

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I can write absolutely anywhere. All I need is a laptop.

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Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul.

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When I write, I'm constantly putting myself in the position of someone else as I write using myriad voices; I think that's…

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Of course I didn't pioneer the use of food in fiction: it has been a standard literary device since Chaucer and Rabelais,…

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“Fiction is a tower of glass built from a million tiny truths, grains of sand fused together to make a single, gleaming…

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If you can actually get someone to sit on the edge of their seat and feel nervous if there's a knock at…

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You don't write because someone sets assignments! You write because you need to write, or because you hope someone will listen or…

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If you can still write in spite of the fact that you're not getting paid, that nobody cares about what you're writing,…

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One of the things that writing has taught me is that fiction has a life of its own. Fictional places are sometimes…

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Writing books and being paid for it - it's not like winning the Lottery. You can't suddenly go, 'Yippee!' and start throwing…

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“For a moment something almost as rare as the sight that they had just witnessed occurred: Loki was totally lost for words.”

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“Work. Like pain, I sensed that this was an experience I would want to avoid as often as possible.”

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And so Nat stood up and joined the group, and followed, and watched, and awaited his chance as the light of Chaos lit the…

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I could do with a bit more excess. From now on I'm going to be immoderate--and volatile--I shall enjoy loud music and lurid poetry.…

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“Better a king in the gutter,' he said, 'than a slave in an emperor's place”

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I was convinced I'd hate Twitter - but I've come to like it very much. I use it mostly to keep in touch with…

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“Sometimes walking away is best. I should know. It's my specialty.”

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I let it go. It's like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are, you just have to let…

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“Knowledge is currency here…”

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I carried recipes in my head like maps.

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