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My characters talk to one another, and when it reaches a certain pitch of excitement I jump out of bed and run… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
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In terms of brain development, musical performance is every bit as important educationally as reading or writing. — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
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When Truman Capote wrote from the perspective of condemned murderers from a lower economic class than his own, he had some gall.… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
Irish writing is so strong that it can feel like the country has all been covered, but in fact, there are so… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
Here is a simple recipe to begin with. Get up every morning with the set intention of writing and go to your… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
To begin... To begin... How to start? I'm hungry. I should get coffee. Coffee would help me think. Maybe I should write… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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I think it's the real world. The people we're writing about in professional sports, they're suffering and living and dying and loving… — Red Smith Copy Share Image
Rock stars are idiots. You know that! Remember this moron never went to music school, never learned music theory and can't read… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
I was a die-hard, obsessed fan of Michael Jordan. I'd take his posters with me to away meets, I'd walk out on… — Summer Sanders Copy Share Image
I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
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I wanted to write stories for myself. At first it was purely an aesthetic thing about craft. I just wanted to become… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I loved the writing process. I would love to write more. And I'd like to do a roundtable, like 'The View' or… — Andi Dorfman Copy Share Image
I have little weird things that aren't really specific but are just kind of odd. I write my 5's backwards, and I… — Christian Serratos Copy Share Image
Only occasionally do I read new fiction. Most of my reading is heavily dictated by what I'm writing at the time. — Simon Mawer Copy Share Image
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The writings of women are always cold and pretty like themselves. There is as much wit as you may desire, but never… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Writing was something I always did but that turned into singing and rapping. That something that came out of my writing. — Dreezy Copy Share Image
I don't associate work with feelings of satisfaction. Rather, guilt, frustration, and resentment of people who write better than I do. — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Theorists write all the popular books on science: Heinz Pagels, Frank Wilczek, Stephen Hawking, Richard Feynman, et al. And why not? They… — Leon M. Lederman Copy Share Image
I like the quiet it takes to pursue an idea the way I pursued 'Hamilton,' but I couldn't write a book, because… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
Often turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice. [Lat., Saepe stilum vertas,… — Horace Copy Share Image
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Ultimately I'm the writer for me, but also, anytime one of my friends gets stuck with a bit, they can call me,… — Ron White Copy Share Image
My relationship with my mother has always felt like the most complicated relationship of my life. I know I have a lot… — Wendy C. Ortiz Copy Share Image
I had to write about realistic circumstances. Thats the way my brain works. And I think that gave me a sort of… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
The English writer, Charles Lamb, said one day: "I hate that man." "But you don't know him." "Of course, I don't," said… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
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