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He stepped back and threw his arms out. "I'm always crazy around you Rose. Here, I'm going to write an impromptu poem for you." He… — Richelle Mead
The great thing about fantasy is that you can drag dreams and longings and hopes and fears and strivings out of your subconscious and call… — Robin McKinley
When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "One word at a time," and the answer is invariably dismissed. But that is all it… — Stephen King
I was the first Chicano to write in complete sentences. — Gary Soto
Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and… — Edna Ferber
First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear… — C.S. Lewis
The only artists I have ever known who are personally delightful are bad artists. Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are… — Oscar Wilde
To write does not mean to convert the real into words but to make the power of the word real. — Augusto Roa Bastos
When you do your research write down whatever interests you. Whatever stimulates your imagination. Whatever seems important. A story is built like a stone wall.… — Roland Smith
It takes a heap of loafing to write a book. — Gertrude Stein
Sometimes I get tired of trying to convince him that I love him and shall love him for ever. He pounces on my words like… — Graham Greene
When I began to write our story down, I thought I was writing a record of hate, but somehow the hate has got mislaid and… — Graham Greene
Although I have felt compelled to write things down since I was five years old, I doubt that my daughter ever will, for she is… — Joan Didion
Write the story that you were always afraid to tell. I swear to you that there is magic in it, and if you show yourself… — Dorothy Allison
In going where you have to go, and doing what you have to do, and seeing what you have to see, you'll dull and blunt… — Ernest Hemingway
This is my living faith, an active faith, a faith of verbs: to question, explore, experiment, experience, walk, run, dance, play, eat, love, learn, dare,… — Terry Tempest Williams
I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act, write, speak, be, I'll be sending messages on a Ouija board,… — Audre Lorde
Dearest Charles-- I found a box of this paper at the back of a bureau so I must write to you as I am mourning… — Evelyn Waugh
It's far easier to write why something is terrible than why it's good. If you're reviewing a film and you decide "This is a movie… — Chuck Klosterman
There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I have loved. I… — Audrey Niffenegger

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