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You write that first draft really to see how it's going to come out. — James A. Michener
If you do not have an alert and curious interest in character and dramatic situation, if you have no visual imagination and are unable to… — Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien
Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly. — Quintilian
Writers write about what obsesses them. You draw those cards. I lost my mother when I was 14. My daughter died at the age of… — Anne Rice
By writing much, one learns to write well. — Robert Southey
There is no satisfactory explanation of style, no infallible guide to good writing, no assurance that a person who thinks clearly will be able to… — Elwyn Brooks White
I count it a high honor to belong to a profession in which the good men write every paragraph, every sentence, every line, as lovingly… — Alexander Woollcott
I don't like the strictly objective viewpoint [in which all of the characters' actions are described in the third person, but we never hear what… — George R. R. Martin
I conceive that the right way to write a story for boys is to write so that it will not only interest boys but strongly… — Mark Twain
Well, my book is written-let it go. But if it were only to write over again there wouldn't be so many things left out. They… — Mark Twain
I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you're trying to be a writer because it's the only apprenticeship we have,… — John Green
His Majesty the King requires that the Royal Chancellery in all written documents endeavor to write in clear, plain Swedish. — Charles XII of Sweden
I never write "metropolis" for seven cents when I can write "city" and get paid the same. — Mark Twain
Whether or not you write well, write bravely. — Bill Stout
Write about what you know and care deeply about. When one puts one's self on paper - that is what is called good writing. — Joel Chandler Harris
Don't be too precious or attached to anything you write. Let things be malleable. — Tina Fey
Do not write merely to be understood. Write so you cannot possibly be misunderstood. — Robert Louis Stevenson
If you can't write your idea on the back of my calling card, you don't have a clear idea. — David Belasco
I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing-to be clear. I have given up all thought of… — Isaac Asimov
I do not think one can assess a writer's motives without knowing something of his early development. His subject matter will be determined by the… — George Orwell

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