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When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, 'I am going to produce a work of art.' I write… — George Orwell
Behind every specific call, whether it is to teach or preach or write or encourage or comfort, there is a deeper call that gives shape… — Michael Card
The key to all knowledge comes in words of just one syllable, apparently.... There's only the last page left to write on. I'll fill it… — Dodie Smith
I always wanted to be a writer, but Alan Moore's work and help inspired me to write comics. In some ways the biggest influence on… — Neil Gaiman
There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and Iâ€™ve used every one, but there is only one plot â€“ things are not as they… — Jim Thompson
I made you take time to look at what I saw and when you took time to really notice my flower, you hung all your… — Georgia O'Keeffe
Find what causes a commotion in your heart. Find a way to write about that — Richard Ford
And if I had not a letter to write myself, I might sit by you and admire the evenness of your writing, as another young… — Jane Austen
I am, when you stop to think of it, a member of a fairly select group: the final handful of American novelists who learned to… — Stephen King
I sat on the bench by the willows and at my honey bun and read Triton. There are some awful things in the world, itâ€™s… — Jo Walton
That's what I do. Watch movies and read. Sometimes I even pretend to write, but I'm not fooling anyone. Oh, and I go to the… — Nicole Krauss
So here is why I write what I do: We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories. And we all, every… — N.K. Jemisin
I loved getting my M. B. A., and I really enjoyed being an accountant and financial analyst before I quit my day job twenty-five years… — Patricia C. Wrede
If I can write one sentence, simple and true every day, I'll be satisfied. — Paula McLain
Each of us has his own way of emerging from the underworld, mine is by writing. That's why the only way I can keep going,… — Franz Kafka
You canâ€™t just write and write and put things in a drawer. They wither without the warm sun of someone elseâ€™s appreciation. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I hope to write someday and thatâ€™s even more terrifying than performing. You donâ€™t just entertain the audience, you give them little bits of your… — Chris Colfer
You know," King said, "I'm not much good at telling stories. That sounds like a paradox, but it's not; it's the reason I write them… — Stephen King
I canâ€™t write five words but that I change seven. — Dorothy Parker
Write what will stop your breath if you donâ€™t write. — Grace Paley

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