I Write Quotes

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Iâ€™m not sure Iâ€™ll ever be finished. No matter how much I write, there will always be something I shouldâ€™ve said. — Megan McCafferty
I do believe that characters in novels belong to their writers and their readers pretty equally. I've learned a lot of things about the characters… — Ann Brashares
Each time I write a book, every time I face that yellow pad, the challenge is so great. I have written eleven books, but each… — Maya Angelou
I have been a writer since 1949. I am self-taught. I have no theories about writing that might help others. When I write, I simply… — Kurt Vonnegut
I write storys to entertain not to be the best — Daniel Handler
This is worse than Hollywood, he thought. A girl comes in with a pork chop and I write a song for her. — Eva Ibbotson
There is a marvelous peace in not publishing ... I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my… — J D Salinger
What do you do when Mom leaves you alone like this? (Kat) I write romance novels. (Acheron) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
January 8 has been a lucky day for me. I have started all my books on that day, and all of them have been well… — Isabel Allende
I don't know what I think until I write it down. — Joan Didion
In my craft or sullen art Exercised in the still night When only the moon rages And the lovers lie abed With all their griefs… — Dylan Thomas
I write only because There is a voice within me That will not be still — Sylvia Plath
Reading is very creative - it's not just a passive thing. I write a story; it goes out into the world; somebody reads it and,… — Margaret Mahy
The faster I write the better my output. If I'm going slow, I'm in trouble. It means I'm pushing the words instead of being pulled… — Raymond Chandler
I did point out that I have no prophetic gifts. I write books because I tried to do something more useful and failed. Since I've… — Ayi Kwei Armah
I always write a draft version of the novel in which I try to develop, not the story, not the plot, but the possibilities of… — Mario Vargas Llosa
God, how impossible life is without money. Nothing can ever overcome it, it's everything when it's anything. How can I write in peace with endless… — Richard Matheson
Wherever I go, I'll always see you. You'll always be with me. And there's no happy ending coming here, no way a story that started… — Elizabeth Scott
I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp. — W. Somerset Maugham
Even now, as I write this, I can still feel that tightness. And I want you to feel it--the wind coming off the river, the… — Tim O'Brien

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