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I'm a strong believer in telling stories through a limited but very tight third person point of view. I have used other techniques during my… — George R. R. Martin
From where I sit, battles are hard. I've written my share. Sometimes I employ the private's viewpoint, very up close and personal, dropping the reader… — George R. R. Martin
The secret of play-writing can be given in two maxims: stick to the point, and, whenever you can, cut. — W. Somerset Maugham
When I talk to anyone or read the writings of anyone who has any axe to grind, I feel that intellectual honesty and balanced judgement… — George Orwell
There is no better feeling than when you write something you know is a piece of you and that, at some point, is going to… — Alanis Morissette
Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point. — George D. Prentice
There is absolutely no point in sitting down to write a book unless you feel that you must write that book, or else go mad,… — Robertson Davies
The purpose of paragraphing is to give the reader a rest. The writer is saying . . . : Have you got that? If so,… — Henry Watson Fowler
Writing is rewriting. A writer must learn to deepen characters, trim writing, intensify scenes. To fall in love with the first draft to the point… — Richard North Patterson
The best, most natural dialogue is usually written as if the writer is listening to dictation. You might get stuck on any particular point and… — Ayn Rand
Although I usually think I know what I'm going to be writing about, what I'm going to say, most of the time it doesn't happen… — Lewis Thomas
Exclamation points are the most irritating of all. Look! they say, look at what I just said! How amazing is my thought! It is like… — Lewis Thomas
The muse appears at the point in my writing when I sense a subtle shift, a nudge to move over, and everything cracks open, the… — Amy Tan
My writing is a process of rewriting, of going back and changing and filling in. in the rewriting process you discover what's going on, and… — Joan Didion
From the reader's point of view, punctuation provides a map for one who must otherwise drive blindly past the by-ways, intersections, and detours of a… — Unknown Author
Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep the fire out of the one, and the frost out of the… — Joseph Addison
The point of life is not to be married or single - it is to be. We are human beings, or humans being. It does… — Alan Cohen
God can use the fear that grips the hearts of men today to point them to eternal truths- the truth of God's eternal judgment, and… — Billy Graham
The point is to develop the childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition and to guide the child over to important fields… — Albert Einstein
A photographer must always work with the greatest respect for his subject and in terms of his own point of view. — Henri Cartier-Bresson

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