Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next 'Gone With the Wind.' — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
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I don't like to be described as a Southern writer. The danger is, if you're described as a Southern writer, you might… — Walker Percy Copy Share Image
We should read other people's books in order to learn what we feel; it is our own thoughts we should be developing,… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd be a writer. I never thought I'd be able to read a book, let alone write one. So… — Don Novello Copy Share Image
My Girl Scout leader. She told me if I listened more and talked less, I could grow up to be a good… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
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Once I read autobiography as what the writer thought about his or her life. Now I think, 'This is what they thought… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
I was a novelist before I was a TV screenwriter. Actually, as a kid, I think I'd always wanted to be a… — Ben Richards Copy Share Image
At different points, I applied to graduate school. I got into medical school. I thought about being a writer. I thought about… — Glenn Kelman Copy Share Image
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I always knew I was a writer. And I always thought to myself, 'Well, why not me?' Someone has to be on… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
Because I'm such a creative person, and I've always got my nose in a book, I suppose it was only a matter… — Paul Kane Copy Share Image
After high school, I worked as a messenger boy at a local bank. I was miserable. I felt like Robin Hood chained… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
When I was probably about 10 or 11, and I found it was simply something I could do. When you're at school… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
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In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
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When I first began to write fiction, I didn't think I was a comic writer; I thought I was a serious writer.… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
When I was about 17 I knew that I was going to be serious about music. Before that I thought, fairly certainly,… — John Lurie Copy Share Image
From the reader's point of view, punctuation provides a map for one who must otherwise drive blindly past the by-ways, intersections, and… — Mina P. Shaughnessy Copy Share Image
When I went to the University of Iowa in order to be a writer, I thought, This is the worst way to… — Joe Frank Copy Share Image
