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Mourn not for the vanished ages with their grand, heroic men, who dwell in history's pages and live in the poets pen for the grandest… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The hard part is getting to the top of page 1. — Tom Stoppard
My God, this novel makes me break out in a cold sweat! Do you know how much I've written in five months, since the end… — Gustave Flaubert
This element of surprise or mystery - the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called - is of great importance in a plot.… — E. M. Forster
Sometimes language gets in the way of the story's feelings. The reader finds himself experiencing the language of the story rather than the story. The… — Leonard Michaels
I like the poem on the page and not at the podium. I like to address the poem in peace and quiet, not on the… — Ted Kooser
I get very tense working, so I often have to get up and wander around the house. It is very bad on my stomach. I… — William H. Gass
I [had] added another small piece to the pages of the atlas that were real to me. — Evelyn Waugh
Our job is to make change. Our job is to connect to people, to interact with them in a way that leaves them better than… — Seth Godin
I took a page from [the playwright] Wendy Wasserstein's book. She said 'I'm not a feminist, I'm a humanist.' — Sarah Jessica Parker
In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or… — Paul von Hindenburg
On one occasion I got this really bizarre horoscope thing from someone. It was a full-on zodiac reading, charting and intersecting all this stuff. It… — Robert Pattinson
Probably my English teacher because she got me into writing instead of just answering the question. I used to hand in homework with 20 pages… — Robert Pattinson
Short stories are designed to deliver their impact in as few pages as possible. A tremendous amount is left out, and a good short story… — Orson Scott Card
If you haven't got an idea, start a story anyway. You can always throw it away, and maybe by the time you get to the… — William Campbell Gault
Words in prose ought to express the intended meaning; if they attract attention to themselves, it is a fault; in the very best styles you… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is… — Kurt Vonnegut
Acutely aware of the poverty of my means, language became obstacle. At every page I thought, 'That's not it.' So I began again with other… — Elie Wiesel
And the reason you hate writing so much is because you start analyzing your work before you're done pouring it onto the page. Your Left-brain… — Jeff Bollow
The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the… — Anne Enright
Write whatever way you like. Fiction is made of words on a page; reality is made of something else. It doesn't matter how "real" your… — Anne Enright
I want the reader to turn the page and keep on turning to the end. — Barbara Tuchman
It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words… — Joan Baez
Most new writers think it's easy to write for children, but it's not. You have to get in a beginning, middle and end, tell a… — Andrea Brown
At one time I thought the most important thing was talent. I think now that the young man must possess or teach himself, training himself,… — William Faulkner

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