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The change which the writing wrought in me (and of which I did not write) was only a beginning; only to prepare me for the… — C.S. Lewis
You write in order to change the world ... if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can… — James A. Baldwin
Someone has to write all those stories: why not me? — Elizabeth Gilbert
I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy. — Nikki Giovanni
I write letters to my right brain all the time. They're just little notes. And right brain, who likes to get little notes from me,… — Sue Grafton
If I were a younger man, I would write a history of human stupidity; and I would climb to the top of Mount McCabe and… — Kurt Vonnegut
I grew up in the midst of poverty but every black kid that I knew could read and write. We have to talk about the… — Bell Hooks
All the stories I would like to write persecute me. When I am in my chamber, it seems as if they are all around me,… — Umberto Eco
To be a good writer... read a lot and write every day. — Neil Gaiman
Upon being asked by a fan how to become a writer, Stephen King replied, "Write. — Stephen King
All I have to do is keep my spirit, feelings and conscience like a sheet of blank paper, and let the Spirit and power of… — Brigham Young
If you donâ€™t write the book you have to write, everything breaks. — A.M. Homes
Every poem I write falls short in some important way. But I go on trying to write the one that wonâ€™t. — Dorianne Laux
When I write I pretend I'm telling a story to someone in the room and I don't want them to get up until I'm finished. — James Patterson
I have never done anything except write, but I don't possess the vocation or talents of a narrator, have no knowledge at all of the… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I write to discover what I know. — Flannery O'Connor
...she felt about reading what some writers felt about writing: that it was impossible not to do it and that at this late stage of… — Alan Bennett
My dear Tom, Delighted to get your letter. Do write again. This life is terrible and I don't understand how it can be endured. — Samuel Beckett
In time, the hurt began to fade and it was easier to just let it go. At least I thought it was. But in every… — Nicholas Sparks
Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sautÃ© it, whatever. MAKE. — Joss Whedon

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