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I never thought I could write this much and now that it's coming to an end, I feel sad that I have to stop, sort… — James Howe
To write with taste, in the highest sense, is to write [...] so that no one commits suicide, no one despairs; to write [...] so… — John Gardner
If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must risk placing real… — Anne Lamott
You cannot see what I see because you see what you see. You cannot know what I know because you know what you know. What… — Douglas Adams
Don't you like to write letters? I do because it's such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you've done something. — Ernest Hemingway
Why does one begin to write? Because she feels misunderstood, I guess. Because it never comes out clearly enough when she tries to speak. Because… — Nicole Krauss
There's something happening everyday, but I'm too tired and lazy to write it all down. — Anne Frank
To live and let live, without clamor for distinction or recognition; to wait on divine love; to write truth first on the tablet of one's… — Mary Baker Eddy
In the end, you write the book that grabs you by the throat and demands to be written. — Salman Rushdie
it is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know… — Ernest Hemingway
But how to do feelings? All very well to write "She felt sad", or describe what a sad person might do, but what of sadness… — Ian Mcewan
The more I write, the more I've come to realize that books have a different place in our society than other media. Books are different… — Joe Meno
The only good teachers for you are those friends who love you, who think you are interesting, or very important, or wonderfully funny; whose attitude… — Brenda Ueland
I found that many gifted people are so afraid of writing a poor story that they cannot summon the nerve to write a single sentence… — Brenda Ueland
You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading,… — Annie Proulx
(W)hat I write when I force myself is generally just as good as what I write when I'm feeling inspired. It's mainly a matter of… — Tom Wolfe
I was secretly convinced that with such a marvel one would be able to write anything, from novels to encyclopedias, and letters whose supernatural power… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Calling it a simple schoolgirl crush was like saying a Rolls-Royce was a vehicle with four wheels, something like a hay-wagon. She did not giggle… — Stephen King
Just start the sentence...and see what happens. This is how we write. — Jincy Willett
I have grown weary of literature: silence alone comforts me. If I continue to write, itâ€™s because I have nothing more to accomplish in this… — Clarice Lispector

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