The only way to write well, so that people believe what we say and are interested or touched by it, is to… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
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The writer is committed when he plunges to the very depths of himself with the intent to disclose, not his individuality, but… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
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Writing a memoir isn't particularly interesting to me. I'm not like Ellen [DeGeneres], where I can write, 'Water bottles--they're crazy!' and it's… — Lauren Graham Copy Share Image
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I don't think about it that much, but sometimes I am surprised by that. I sometimes wonder why I didn't turn out… — Lynne Rae Perkins Copy Share Image
I kept a lot of my thoughts inside myself. So, perhaps more than is normal, I'm always questioning my role as a… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
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At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are… — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
All the things worth writing about are outside me. I'm a lens, not a source. And even if it's not always a… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
In fiction writing ideas have to be handled extremely carefully. You can't let your characters just be mouthpieces for your ideas. They… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
If I don't know who I'm writing for, I make it up and pick somebody I'm writing for. That's really the only… — Craig Mazin Copy Share Image
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Materializations are often best produced in rooms where there are books. I cannot think of any time when materialization was in any… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
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