"I started writing by doing small related things……" — Amy Hempel

"I started writing by doing small related things but not the thing itself, circling it and getting closer. I had no idea how to write fiction. So I did journalism because there were rules I could learn. You can teach someone to write a news story. They might not write a great one, but you can teach that pretty easily."

— Amy Hempel

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I used to flirt with girls just to get the guys circling around us. I'm getting out of it now.… — Katie Price
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There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation on a theme. So musicians… — Jacqueline Carey
I feel like I could be likened to an old hound circling on a rug for the last five years. — Neil Young
Only in america will you see people circling the parking lot looking for a close space at a gym. — Don King
Circling the earth in the orbital spaceship I marvelled at the beauty of our planet. People of the world!! Let… — Yuri Gagarin
I was running from one problem or place to another, with no time left to study, or sleep, or just… — Sarah Dessen
Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead… — Charles Dickens
The best way to defend the bombers is to catch the enemy before it his in position to attack. Catch… — Robin Olds
Our earth is round, and, among other things, that means that you and I can hold completely different points of… — June Jordan

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