I would like to write my next book about what happened to critical intelligence in America and how it's been undermined by… — Peter Breggin Copy Share Image
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Nobody ever stopped reading E. B. White or V. S. Pritchett because the writing was too good. — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
It is customary for the writer to sneer that Hollywood has traduced their book. Well, I adore my film. — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
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Words are freeborn, and not the vassals of the gruff tyrants of prose to do their bidding only. They have the same… — Abraham Coles Copy Share Image
I have undertaken, you see, to write not only my life, but my opinions also; hoping and expecting that your knowledge of… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
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We all hate moral ambiguity in some sense, and yet it is also absolutely necessary. In writing a story, it is the… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Writing is like that. You have to have some basic creative spark, and then, if you have that, I feel like you… — Ronald D. Moore Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a Bollywood hero or Hollywood hero. All you see on the screen is the lead actor's… — Dhanush Copy Share Image
It takes so long to write a script, thinking to yourself, "Am I wasting my time? Am I putting everything into this… — Jason Schwartzman Copy Share Image
For me, writing isn't a way of being public or private; it's just a way of being. The process is always full… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
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I didn't like what was on TV in terms of sitcomsit had nothing to do with the color of themI just didn't… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Why do we write novels or make television about real things? It's the human condition and human suffering. — Ioan Gruffudd Copy Share Image
I have taught Philosophy, Religious Studies, English Literature, Cultural Studies, Writing and Publishing Studies, Critical Thinking. — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
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Writing is a lonely job, unless you're a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach. — Emilio Estevez Copy Share Image
When I'm not acting, I'm writing, building an inventory of scripts. Even if they sit on the shelf, I just keep stacking… — Dan Aykroyd Copy Share Image
Having 'The Expats' not be 'wholesale-y' rejected by the world made it possible for me to write the second book and have… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
I say again, if I cannot draw a horse, I will not write THIS IS A HORSE under what I foolishly meant… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
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The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
If you can't think of what to write, tough luck; write anyway. If you can think of lots more when you've finished… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“This is not a book of writing advice. It’s not here to help make you a better writer. Rather, it’s here to… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“My job is not to sell the books - my father does that - but to look after them. Every so often… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
I don't really think that writers, even great writers, are prophets, or sages, or Messiah-like figures; writing is a lonely, sedentary occupation… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
I think I am doing my works to link myself, my family, with society — with the cosmos. To link me with… — Kenzaburo Oe Copy Share Image
The letters of famous people can be placed into two categories: there is the type of letter which becomes itself a valuable… — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
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