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Remember that you don't write a story because you have an idea but because you have a believable character. — Flannery O'Connor
one must verge on the unknown, write toward the truth hitherto unrecognizable of oneâ€™s own sincerity, including the avoidable beauty of doom, shame, and embarrassment,… — Allen Ginsberg
It is far easier to write an angry letter than to go and say angry things to another person - because as soon as we… — Colin Wilson
No one will ever write a fantasy novel better than The Hobbit. — R A Salvatore
As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be… — Quentin Tarantino
When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don't.… — Jean Cocteau
Most people are much better at saying things in letters than in conversation, and some people can write artistic, inventive letters, but when they try… — Charles Bukowski
To be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes by nature. — William Shakespeare
When I was young I was depressed all the time. But suicide no longer seemed a possibility in my life. At my age there was… — Charles Bukowski
You do not learn how to write novels in a writing program. You learn how by leading an interesting life. Open yourself up to all… — Pat Conroy
The only way you can write is by the light of the bridges burning behind you. — Richard Peck
Do you think the ability to sleep in counts as a special skill?â€ I asked Dad, trying to sound torn over the decision. â€œYes, list… — Kiera Cass
Write to amuse? What an appalling suggestion! I write to make people anxious and miserable and to worsen their indigestion. — Wendy Cope
I wanted to write in Kitchenese, the secret language of cooks, instantly recognizable to anyone who has ever dunked french fries for a summer job… — Anthony Bourdain
The writer has no responsibility other than to jack off in bed alone and write a good page. — Charles Bukowski
No two people will ever see or feel things in the same way, Merry. The challenge is to be truthful when you write. Don't approximate.… — Kate Morton
When you write, you want fame, fortune and personal satisfaction. You want to write what you want to write and feel it's good, and you… — Dashiell Hammett
Since I was trying so hard to make books lead my life, I didnâ€™t want to read them and then just put them back on… — Jack Gantos
Sometimes I dream a sentence and write it down. Itâ€™s usually nonsense, but sometimes it seems a key to another world. — Anne Carson
He is exactly the poem I wanted to write. — Mary Oliver

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