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I don't want to write poems that are just really clear about how I'm aware of all the traps involved in writing… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
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Spread the glad tidings that it will not disappoint Miss Heyer's many admirers. Judging from the letters I've received from obviously feeble-minded… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
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My grandfather was dying, and told the family he had decided to die. ... At that moment I wanted so badly to… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I can't make something 'useful' to me in a writing sense for a very long time. I don't have any journalistic instinct.… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
As the great philosopher George Santayana would have said, 'those who cannot remember the past . . . should simply read Jan… — Mo Rocca Copy Share Image
A writer's voice is not character alone, it is not style alone; it is far more. A writer's voice line the stroke… — Patricia Lee Gauch Copy Share Image
Joss Whedon writes beautiful drama. His sensitivity and his sense of drama and scenes are pretty exceptional. There's no one else writing… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
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If we write our laws and design them around the most privileged members of society, i.e., billionaire football team owner, then we… — Simon Tam Copy Share Image
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I definitely made friends with the people I like to write with, but I'll also write with people I haven't met before… — Noah Cyrus Copy Share Image
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When you're writing for a game - even if you're using very well known characters like Batman and his villains who lend… — Paul Dini Copy Share Image
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