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My being Indian is possibly the biggest thing that influences my stories. Not just in terms of settings - most of the… — Vandana Singh Copy Share Image
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At a tender age, I commandeered half a quire of foolscap from my father's desk and sat down to write a book.… — Rheta Childe Dorr Copy Share Image
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Dear Complete and Utter Stranger, The first thing that I have to say is that I hate oatmeal. I really hate it.… — Jaclyn Moriarty Copy Share Image
The nightmare of censorship has always cast a shadow over my thoughts. Both under the previous state and under the Islamic state,… — Simin Behbahani Copy Share Image
One piece of advice I have is: Want something else more than success. Success is a lovely thing, but your desire to… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
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When you don't have to depend upon your creative work for money, you'll never really have to compromise... Knowing that is hugely… — Hanya Yanagihara Copy Share Image
A favorite science fiction writer of mine is William Faulkner! It was an idea that came to me once, years ago, and… — Robert Reed Copy Share Image
Ewan McGregor is a very genial and entertaining man, and Pierce Brosnan is possibly the nicest man in the world. Actually, it… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called "leaves") imprinted with dark pigmented… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Hire great writers If you are trying to decide among a few people to fill a position, hire the best writer. It… — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
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I think I'm better at producing than I am at being a songwriter, but it doesn't change the fact that I still… — John Congleton Copy Share Image
There was no real strategic decision about editorial tone. It was kind of a write whatever you want to write, and we'll… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
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I have always taken as the standard of the mode of teaching and writing, not the abstract, particular, professional philosopher, but universal… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
“But all this was beside the point. What scared Amy was the mere fact of what looked inescapably like recreational malevolence. The… — Jincy Willett Copy Share Image
It's often said that elephants are the most human of animals - there's something comical about their acquiescence, and tragic also. The… — Dan Chiasson Copy Share Image
You never can tell, though, with suicide notes, can you? In the planetary aggregate of all life, there are many more suicide… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
The violence in the Executioner books is merely stage-dressing for dramatizing the commitment and dedication Bolan has to his ideals and the… — Don Pendleton Copy Share Image
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Real writers-that is, capital W Writers-rarely make much money. Their biggest reward is the occasional reader's response.... Commentators-in-print voicing big fat opinions-you… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
Some authors write nonsense in a clear style, and others sense in an obscure one; some can reason without being able to… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
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I grew up in the midst of poverty but every black kid that I knew could read and write. We have to… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I could draw ideas. I remember writing a paper for a seminar class. I remember writing a paper about - and this… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
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[Eugene] O'Neill made a living, certainly, at least. But each of these forms have sort of died the death in turn, and… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
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For me, a lot of Discipline was very personal writing, like writing through and working out being inside this gendered body and… — Dawn Lundy Martin Copy Share Image
My very photogenic mother died in a freak accident (picnic, lightning) when I was three, and, save for a pocket of warmth… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
There was a period of a few months, however, when I had a dreadful physical pain. I had just started writing a… — Zia Haider Rahman Copy Share Image
The Christians and the Jews do not believe that the Bible is the verbatim words of God. In fact it is clear… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
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