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What could you do better for your children and your children's children than to record the story of your life, your triumphs… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
I had a novel in the back of my mind when I won an Ian St James story competition in 1993. At… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
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The question does arise if how and why to write poetry in this time. It feels both completely essential and also quite… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
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I have this natural thing in my head that when I sit down to write something serious, I tend to make jokes.… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
In TV, you're a 'writer for hire.' That means you're trying to guess what your boss wants and delivering that story. There's… — Tanya Saracho Copy Share Image
When we are in pre-production, this is the best job in the world. Working 10 to 7, sitting around and brainstorming with… — Paul Lieberstein Copy Share Image
I was writing this really long joke about the smell of poop, and I was like, 'What am I doing with my… — Kurt Braunohler Copy Share Image
We make a contract within ourselves as actors or directors or writers about how much of ourselves we let into projects. You… — Ajay Naidu Copy Share Image
Writers who have delved into human nature, ancient masters of strategy, historians of human stupidity and folly, kings and queens who have… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
When I was 17 I got a guitar for my birthday and started discovering Bob Dylan and James Taylor and the whole… — Jason Reeves Copy Share Image
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