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I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write an article a fortnight than a book a year, because… — Cyril Connolly
It is wrong to be harsh with the New York critics, unless one admits in the same breath that it is a condition of their… — Raymond Chandler
Until I became a published writer, I remained completely ignorant of books on how to write and courses on the subject ... they would have… — Isaac Asimov
It is by sitting down to write every morning that he becomes a writer. Those who do not do this remain amateurs. — Gerald Brenan
An acquaintance of mine, a notary by profession, who, by perpetual writing, began first to complain of an excessive wariness of his whole right arm… — Bernardino Ramazzini
The Whig interpretation of history ... is the tendency in many historians to write on the side of Protestants and Whigs, to praise revolutions provided… — Herbert Butterfield
One can write, think and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric. — Evelyn Waugh
When asked how she knows when her writing is where she wants it to be: "I know when it's the best I can do. It… — Maya Angelou
And I've always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a lot of other… — Morris West
I can't write my life story without Emmitt and Troy. They can't write their life stories without me. We're tied together forever. This is a… — Michael Irvin
I'd write over and over, 'I will not throw into coverage.' — Brett Favre
At difficult times of my life, books have been an incredible comfort. When I was 12, I changed schools and my parents split up. It… — Elliot Perlman
Write what haunts you. What keeps you up at night. What you are unable to get out of your mind. Sometimes they are the hardest… — Edwidge Danticat
It's impossible to write about Native life without humor-that's how people maintain sanity. — Louise Erdrich
I wanted to be a cheerleader, like my sister was - all the most popular and beautiful girls are cheerleaders and I wanted that, and… — Paula Cole
I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle… — James Ellroy
Dollars damn me; and the malicious Devil is forever grinning in upon me, holding the door ajar. ... What I feel most moved to write,… — Herman Melville
My twin sister, my cousin, and I used to write and perform plays for my family. We raided the closets for costumes and fought over… — Connie Britton
Some years ago I wrote a book called The House on Eccles Street. To write this book I had to think my way into the… — J M Coetzee
Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from… — Thomas Jefferson

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