“ The Lake Isle O God, O Venus, O Mercury, patron of thieves, Give me in due time, I beseech you, a… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
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In the wake of her indispensable textbook, Janet Burroway now offers a splendid and concise guide to the thorny task of revision.… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
I'm working on a young adult novel. I've been working on it for a while, because I don't know how to write… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
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It's just the garbage in/garbage out trick. If you're not taking any fiction in, good or bad, then how can you be… — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
I actually worked in the general market for many years writing steamy historical romance, and I had more freedom in the Christian… — Francine Rivers Copy Share Image
It's like a novelist writing far out things. If it makes a point and makes sense, then people like to read that.… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
I don't see myself as a very important person. But I was the second woman to write a novel in Iran, and… — Shahrnush Parsipur Copy Share Image
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I think if you write humor, then people don't - you know - they don't give you that much credit. They tend… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I definitely want to act and I want to sing. If those two fall through, I want to become a writer, probably,… — Cassie Steele Copy Share Image
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I would challenge anybody in their darkest moment to write what they're grateful for, even stupid little things like the green grass… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
“His indirect way of approaching a character or an action, striving to realize it by surrounding rather than invading it, is ideally… — Herbert A. Wise Copy Share Image
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History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
I think that's just what happens when you write a big bestseller. After that you need to find out: What's the best… — Daniel Kehlmann Copy Share Image
'Mafiosa' was written by Veronica Russo. It's her first time making a film, and I'm really proud of her because this woman… — Katrina Law Copy Share Image
Here halt, I pray you, make a little stay. O wayfarer, to read what I have writ, And know by my fate… — Alcuin Copy Share Image
Even the country's first president chafed at the limits placed on him by the writers of the U.S. Constitution. From the nature… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I like writing characters that seem different from one another. So if you were to hypothetically look at a bunch of lines… — Charles Soule Copy Share Image
When I write my annual tax column, some ex-IRS agent will complain, "There you go IRS bashing again." They're always saying that… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
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I used to love reading, but since I've started writing, it's harder for me to immerse, because I spend so much time… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
Every time I flicked channels, there I was, talking. I was talking too much and writing too little. So Naomi and I… — Joe Eszterhas Copy Share Image
It's to a writer's advantage to contain within himself elements of each sex, or any sex. It's to his advantage because it… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
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In my early teens, I read every bound volume of the magazine Punch. Every writer of any distinction in the English language,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Arnold Schwarzenegger has still not officially bowed out of this race. It looks like he's not gonna run. But I'll tell ya,… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
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You know what needs to be done when you're a writer. You know what the job is, particularly if you're an African… — James McBride Copy Share Image
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