Every time I sit down and write, I'm like, 'This is a miserable experience. What a life I've made for myself. Why… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
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I was actually pretty miserable in high school. I couldn't wait for it to be over. And when it finally was, I… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I certainly wasn't born with creative writing. Maybe there's a certain amount of learning and then it's up to the person. I… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
The muse appears at the point in my writing when I sense a subtle shift, a nudge to move over, and everything… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
When the label came to me to say, 'would you like to do another record,' I said, 'Well I got these sixteen… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
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I did one interview with the Atlantic. It was very interesting; I could write an entire book on that one experience. I've… — Paul Marcarelli Copy Share Image
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Most English speakers do not have the writer's short fuse about seeing or hearing their language brutalized. This is the main reason,… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
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I never wanted/expected to write a memoir, but this life thing, it has a way of sideswiping our worlds, scaring us so… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
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![“I really, really enjoy fitting words together - but I only enjoy it when it's easy, when it sort of rolls along by itself. I never erase anything [and] I hardly ever write anything down... The song will be finished before I write it down... I won't write a song unless it serves me in some way…” quote by Fiona Apple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/fiona-apple-1912_easy_i-really-really-enjoy-fitting-words-toge_565894.jpg)
![“They [intellectuals] coined most of the slogans that guided the butcheries of Bolshevism, Fascism, and Nazism. Intellectuals extolling the delights of murder, writers advocating censorship, philosophers judging the merits of thinkers and authors, not according to the value of their contributions…” quote by Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/316/ludwig-von-mises-364_achievement_they-intellectuals-coined-most-of-the-sl_1301761.jpg)
![“And in her [Eleanor Roosevelt] letters, she writes the most, you know, fanciful letters: when we are together, and when we are reunited, and you know, I will be your surrogate wife. Of course she doesn't use that word, but I will be the mother to my brothers, and I will be your primary love.” quote by Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/917/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_brother_and-in-her-eleanor-roosevelt-letters-she_2899813.png)
