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Paul [ Burwell] and I had also got interested in making books. We'd been working with Bob Cobbing, the sound poet, since… — David Toop Copy Share Image
Most of my favorite writers are over forty, and so I suppose I'll only name a few of the writers whose work… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
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I do not think writers ought ever to sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something.… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
I've worked with some of the best of them. Not just directors like Sam Peckinpah and David Lynch, but writers like Sam… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
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Male critics and men in the publishing industry want from their women writers what they want from their wives. I'm interested in… — Kate Braverman Copy Share Image
Writers are born, not made. We can hone the craft. We need to try to encourage someone and make a dialogue, suggesting… — Alan Zweibel Copy Share Image
... every writer I had ever known wrote his best work when he had his back up against the wall and thought… — Adam Langer Copy Share Image
I think about fanaticism - oblivion awaits, especially for minor writers, so you have to be a fanatic; you have to be… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
Whenever there's an opportunity to celebrate the written word and celebrate the folks that read the written word, and, I think, to… — Hill Harper Copy Share Image
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A lot of writers whom I love, admire and call friends share this feeling, which is this fundamental idea that we're frauds.… — Damon Lindelof Copy Share Image
The critics are not writers - they're not a part of the creative process; therefore, they should not influence how I go… — Tituss Burgess Copy Share Image
Second novels are bears. As are other people's expectations for them. I think taking the time you need with the second book… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
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My best advice for writers is: Have your adventures, make your mistakes, and choose your friends poorly - all these make for… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Writers are such phonies: they sometimes have wise insights but they don't live by them at all. That's what writers are like...you… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
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In the Western tradition, the first writers were teachers and historians, vastly traveled, who spiced their reports with fantasies. They were also… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
As a format, I have watched shows from the West. I have tried to understand what it is and how this format… — Atul Kulkarni Copy Share Image
I often meet frustrated young writers who say they've only got so far and just can't finish a book. Even if you… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
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A pilot is like the most extensive dress rehearsal you can ever imagine, because the writers are learning about the actors, the… — Kim Cattrall Copy Share Image
Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
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