I'm just trying to write a good story, strictly from imagination. People just think it's random, they don't see the rewriting, phrasing… — Eric Jerome Dickey Copy Share Image
No one under international copyright law has the right to depict me or my husband without our consent. I have been surprised… — Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Copy Share Image
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The inspiration for my novels comes from the depths of a creative well, based on asking myself questions over and over. I… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
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I certainly don't object to [writers] trying to imagine the lives of other societies, but you have to do it with a… — Michael Dorris Copy Share Image
One great aim of revision is to cut out. In the exuberance of composition it is natural to throw in - as… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
I very much love a physical book myself. I think people who have had this experience of also seeing a book come… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Science fiction writers create all sorts of futures - that comes with the job. But it's not the type that matters -… — Kameron Hurley Copy Share Image
Writing and working with producers is like dating - it sounds strange to say that, but you have to test people out.… — Anoop Desai Copy Share Image
Compelling a man by law to pay his money to elect candidates or advocate law or doctrines he is against differs only… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
The premise of Nossiter in 'Mondovino' would have been a lot more accurate when I started writing about wine in 1978 than… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
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We who preach and write, do so in a manner different from which the Scriptures have been written. We write while we… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
I'm in my father's car at age 9 or 10 crying to Leonard Cohen's 'Famous Blue Raincoat,' thinking that you could write… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
For hundreds of years people have talked about artists having inspiration, but often, some persons would say, write us a symphony or… — Tom Glazer Copy Share Image
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Certainly it is valuable to a trained writer to crash in an aircraft which burns. He learns several important things very quickly.… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I was, throughout school, in the theater program. Through elementary school, junior high, high school, and then J.J. Abrams, my closest friend… — Greg Grunberg Copy Share Image
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I think youve got to work out what makes you happy. With me, its that I do lots of different things. So… — Hugh Dennis Copy Share Image
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No matter what difficulty you are facing, it is coming from Divine Light to bring you to a higher place within. Write… — Barbara Rose Copy Share Image
It is easy enough to write and talk about God while remaining comfortable within the contemporary intellectual climate. Even people who would… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
Most writing staffs have this crazy high turnover, and then everyone's really miserable, and I don't understand that. I don't know why… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
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A mind can be overthrown by words; that's the point. What is happening to the brain of a person who uses the… — Richard Mitchell Copy Share Image
If instituted, the TPP's IP regime would trample over individual rights and free expression, as well as ride roughshod over the intellectual… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
I write about adversity, I praise adversity, not to be pessimistic, but rather to strengthen myself. The more familiar that you are… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
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