Once you start working with a particular actor, that actor becomes very present in your mind as your mind as you're writing… — Dan Futterman Copy Share Image
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grows like a seed in the dark out of the leaf-mould of the mind: out of all that has been seen or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you have some natural talent and really want to write, you should read the books of someone who's very successful in… — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
James Salter is a consummate storyteller. His manners are precise and elegant; he has a splendid New York accent; he runs his… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
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As I have begun to write my memoirs, I have begun with my childhood; memories which were hidden, suddenly appear before you,… — Deepti Naval Copy Share Image
You have to first be a writer and somebody who loves to write. If I couldn't travel, I would still write. — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
I think most Hollywood meetings are silly and I truly despise pitching. It's insane to expect someone to come in and tell… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
“[Ulysses] appears to have been written by a perverted lunatic who has made a speciality of the literature of the latrine… I… — Aramis Copy Share Image
Being critical of art is a way of showing art respect. No sports writer would say, "Well the Yankees had a great… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Writing was always a laborious thing for me. I never wrote fluently, I never wrote fluidly, there was something very awkward in… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
When someone writes something dazzlingly brilliant, people want to imitate it. The result is a lot of less-than-brilliant knock-offs. Elves, Dwarves, Goblin… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
For a feature in next month's issue of Prog magazine, the photographer spent many hours setting up a photo shoot of me… — Kevin J. Anderson Copy Share Image
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Whenever I see the word Operation, especially Trifling Operation, I at once write off the patient as dead. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
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Russia, France, Germany and China. They revere their writers. America is still a frontier country that almost shudders at the idea of… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet. And… — Harrison Birtwistle Copy Share Image
I have no plan to retire anytime soon, although remember I am 50 years old! I do plan on the near future… — Vinnie Vincent Copy Share Image
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Just as I cannot remember any time when I could not read and write, I cannot remember any time when I did… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I think that I've tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana, which was once a great and fascinating… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
And how is clarity to be achieved? Mainly by taking trouble and by writing to serve people rather than to impress them. — F. L. Lucas Copy Share Image
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I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too closely. — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
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