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494 quotes by 449 authors

That night we made love "the real way" which we had not yet attempted although married six months. Big mystery. No one knew where to… — Anne Carson
It was only after two years' work that it occurred to me that I was a writer. I had no particular expectation that the novel… — Don DeLillo
I went through a period in my life when I had no friends, when the phone never rang, when I thought I would die from… — Louise Penny
Always live your life with your biography in mind," Dad was fond of saying. "Naturally, it won't be published unless you have a Magnificent Reason,… — Marisha Pessl
Write every day. Don't ever stop. If you are unpublished, enjoy the act of writingâ€”and if you are published, keep enjoying the act of writing.… — Rick Bass
I have spent a good many years sinceâ€•too many, I thinkâ€•being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before I realized that… — Stephen King
I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published… — Anne Lamott
From the essay "Twenty-five Things People Have a Shocking Capacity to Be Surprised by Over and Over Again" 1. Journalists sometimes make things up. 2.… — Nora Ephron
When I began to write fiction that I knew would be published as science fiction, [and] part of what I brought to it was the… — William Gibson
I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you MUST write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter wonâ€™t… — Rick Riordan
At best we are but clay, animated dust; but viewed as sinners, we are monsters indeed. Let it be published in heaven as a miracle… — Alistair Begg
All these books are published in Heaven. — Allen Ginsberg
Though now we think of fairy tales as stories intended for very young children, this is a relatively modern idea. In the oral tradition, magical… — Terri Windling
Luckily, a recent survey published in the American Sociological Review revealed that atheists are the least trusted group in Americaâ€”less trusted, even, than homosexuals. It… — Stephen Colbert
As a writer, even as a child, long before what I wrote began to be published, I developed a sense that meaning itself was resident… — Joan Didion
She's a writer. The kind of writer who wouldn't be published outside. She believes that when one deals with words, one deals with the mind. — Ayn Rand
I have rewritten â€” often several times â€” every word I have ever published. My pencils outlast their erasers. — Vladimir Nabokov
I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure.… — Ray Bradbury
The Princess Bride S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure You had to admire a guy who called his own new book… — William Goldman
A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't in it for the money. William Blake - only his… — Jim Jarmusch

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