I knew that what I did visually could not be completely understood. I knew that certain aspects of the work need a… — Daniel Buren Copy Share Image
The first thing an unpublished author should remember is that no one asked him to write in the first place. With this… — John Farrar Copy Share Image
A story demanded to be written, and that is why I have not answered your letter before: a wrong-headed story, that would… — Sylvia Townsend Warner Copy Share Image
I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different… — Lalla Ward Copy Share Image
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Deleting 200 spams a day is a drag. And I was checking my email constantly, rather than getting on with my real… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
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I don't think it's people's utterances that limit the writing. It's the activity itself. It's actually pretty hard to convey to someone… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
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“In any case, it seems to me that all over the world people nowadays prefer to judge rather than to understand, to… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
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I'm a journalist, not an advocate, so I approached researching and writing the book the same way that I do any other… — Tatiana Schlossberg Copy Share Image
If I could have the tabloids stop writing as much about me, and still get paid the same amount that I do,… — Tulisa Copy Share Image
I tell myself that some names can be mistakes, like Mxyplyzyk, a store in New York that lost customers because few could… — Caroline Leavitt Copy Share Image
I was interested in the ways we can write biography. When you're first starting to write about your own life it feels… — Sarah Gerard Copy Share Image
And writing comedy and it really taught me how to kind of like craft jokes, it sounds like weird but really focus… — Nicholas Stoller Copy Share Image
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I always serve the writer first because I'm English trained, even though I'm American. I don't protect my own ass, I protect… — Robert Englund Copy Share Image
Writing can be such a lonely endeavor that I do think community is also important.Meeting at cafes and exchanging work and reading… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
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At this rate, I'd be lucky if I wrote a page a day. Then I knew what the problem was. I needed… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
It can get a little costly if you try and leave it until then to write songs. But you're writing all the… — Keith Urban Copy Share Image
“This, above all, ask yourself in the stillest hour of the night: must I write? Delve deep into yourself. And if this… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Like many people, I kicked around, struggled to become a writer, finally got my first full-time job around 27, 28, at 'The… — David Grann Copy Share Image
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I still only play by ear. I don't have any training. But the piano actually makes more sense to me than guitar,… — Amber Rubarth Copy Share Image
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I write what I see, the endless procession to the guillotine. Were all lined up, waiting for the crunch of the blade...… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
The act of writing bears something in common with the act of love. The writer, at his most productive moments, just flows.… — Sidney Jourard Copy Share Image
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