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I couldn't understand why my productivity went down when I had deliberately made more time available to write. Then I realized it was because I… — Simon Sinek
Life is God's novel. Let him write it. — Isaac Bashevis Singer
Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And… — Nicholas Sparks
Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the… — Nicholas Sparks
'E.T.' began with me trying to write a story about my parents' divorce. — Steven Spielberg
I didn't want to write a book. They made me do it. — Grace Slick
Before I write a novel, images float around in my head that work like icons - they are meaningless in themselves, but serve as reminders. — Jane Smiley
Eavesdrop and write it down from memory - gives you a stronger sense of how people talk and what their concerns are. I love to… — Jane Smiley
I thought I might write mysteries for the rest of my life. — Jane Smiley
If to live is to progress, if you are lucky, from foolishness to wisdom, then to write novels is to broadcast the various stages of… — Jane Smiley
I was asked by an editor to consider writing something about an American inventor. I asked him if he knew who invented the computer. He… — Jane Smiley
I wrote the Dickens book because I loved Dickens, not because I felt a kinship with him, but after writing the book it seemed to… — Jane Smiley
If you want to write something of length, however modern and radical, you must live the life of an elderly gentleman of the 1950s. — Arthur Smith
More than anything, that's been the thread through my life - the desire to write, the impulse to write. I mean, it's taken me other… — Patti Smith
When I was young, I knew William Burroughs really well. And William's secret desire, which he never quite did, was to write a straightforward detective… — Patti Smith
I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it. — Robert Smith
I write with a pen and paper. Never on a laptop. — Robert Smith
I put my soul into every book I write. — Wilbur Smith
I write my books in my head, and not in a specific study with a view. The view is from my inner eyes. — Wilbur Smith
Write for yourself, not for a perceived audience. If you do, you'll mostly fall flat on your face, because it's impossible to judge what people… — Wilbur Smith

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