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He wouldn't write a letter because he couldn't without beginning it 'Dear Sylvia' and ending it 'Yours sincerely' or 'truly' or 'affectionately.'… — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
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The wonderful fortune of some writers deludes and leads to misery a great number of young people. It cannot be too often… — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
“My best advice about writer’s block is: the reason you’re having a hard time writing is because of a conflict between the… — Dan Harmon Copy Share Image
The ideal reader's the same, and I suppose this person has never had a face or a gender or an age. It's… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I think men spend so much time passing for being men. There's a sense among many writers of color that the most… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Sid Vicious began the age of participation in which everyone could be the artist. Sid proved that you don't have to play… — Malcolm Mclaren Copy Share Image
“The nature of the epistolary genre was revealed to me: a form of writing devoted to another person. Novels, poems, and so… — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share Image
I write both at home and at coffee shops, and I have a terrible work ethic - I have a tendency to… — Elizabeth Hoyt Copy Share Image
I have a hard time expressing myself when I'm emotional, so my family has done this forever. We write each other letters… — Lana Condor Copy Share Image
The Western music tradition is mostly addressed to a public that has a critical mind, and judges the quality of the writing,… — Gaspar Claus Copy Share Image
The White House again refused to turn over discussions Vice President Cheney had with Enron officials over energy policy. Cheney said if… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
I've been in a band, so I understand the politics. Sometimes the bass player doesn't like what the guitar player is doing,… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share Image
Got good news and bad news for you, Mr. President. The good news is that Chief Justice John Roberts just saved your… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
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I hated the idea that I would be like my father. Which is one of the reasons I decided I didn't want… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
Medicine may be the lens through which I see the world, but since I think of medicine as 'life +', a place… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm getting frustrated with, say, writing a poem,… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
I have a very beautiful room that in my house that we bought in Princeton. It's glass on three sides, and you'd… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Everything about video games has changed. The writing, the acting, the visuals, obviously - everything has gone to a new level. And… — Jennifer Hale Copy Share Image
Cinema, which is influenced by every single part of life, is direct and reaches you immediately. And writing - the best writing… — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
I could hear music playing in the background of works by certain authors, like Poe and Shakespeare. And I discovered Nikki Giovanni… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
Real writers-that is, capital W Writers-rarely make much money. Their biggest reward is the occasional reader's response… Commentators-in-print voicing big fat opinions-you… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
Composing is a natural fit. As far as the creative process goes, I'd rather do this than anything else, by far. Something… — James Newton Howard Copy Share Image
I started writing when I started acting professionally because, with acting, there's so much time when you're not working, and there's so… — Finn Wittrock Copy Share Image
Is there something to be said for the writings of the Marquis? Is there something to be said for pornography? And is… — Philip Kaufman Copy Share Image
I will not adopt that ungenerous and impolitic custom so common with novel writers, of degrading by their contemptuous censure the very… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The house became full of love. Aureliano expressed it in poetry that had no beginning and no end. He would write it… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
As a young man just beginning to publish some short fiction in the t&a magazines, I was fairly optimistic about my chances… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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“Self-doubt can be an ally. This is because it serves as an indicator of aspiration. It reflects love, love of something we… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
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When I first came to London I thought there'd be this amazing music scene, but I was quite let down by how… — James Righton Copy Share Image
She feels so contented in giving birth to a child, in helping the child to grow; and that's why she does not… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I tend to work most often from the method of ignoring any ritualistic writing for long periods of time, and then I'll… — Kevin Keck Copy Share Image
My pictures are complex and so am I. When I am almost symbolistic in writing, there is a more limiting difference’s of… — W. Eugene Smith Copy Share Image
I'm a bit skeptical about the possibilities for resistant fiction, and even more despondent over the potential for politically engaged writing to… — Davis Schneiderman Copy Share Image
If you want to write, write it. That's the first rule. And send it in, and send it in to someone who… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
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