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Even after the mothering dropped because my son grew up, the writing - the muse - was always the third wheel, the… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
I think on our first two movies we weren't really writing for anybody else above us and that's not to say that… — Ryan Fleck Copy Share Image
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I didn't go into 'Rabbit Hole' wanting to write about class. I think because of who I am it somehow found its… — David Lindsay-Abaire Copy Share Image
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I have to reach "the poetry condition" to write. Then it is as if the border around me is thinned or blurred… — Kim Hyesoon Copy Share Image
Any writer who believes in the 'lucky creative accident' in writing is pushing elephants on roller skates up greased ramps. — Leonard Bishop Copy Share Image
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Why do you write?' Because I love words and stories so much. Because I would be grief stricken every day of my… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
People always say I write a lot of pop culture references. Can somebody please count the pop culture references in 'Firefly?' Because… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
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But what I realized when I was looking back at them was that no matter how different they are, they're still coming… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
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When I'm shooting films, I write and play music when I come home. — Violante Placido Copy Share Image
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There is such an animal as a nonstylist, only they're not writers - they're typists. — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
You write things that are of interest to you. There's no focus group. — Zach Galifianakis Copy Share Image
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I didn't want a ghost writer. I've got such a distinctive voice, people would smell a rat, I think. — Alan Carr Copy Share Image
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Most writers write books that they wouldn't read. I ought to know; I've done it myself. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
You shouldn't say anything mean about people who can't read. You should write it instead. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
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