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I just want to write. It's like once I get those obsessive thoughts out of my head, once they're written down, they're somehow set free… — Susane Colasanti
I was young, and by instinct of self-preservation I had to collect my energy on something, if I were not to be whirled away with… — Isak Dinesen
Don't lament so much about how your career is going to turn out. You don't have a career. You have a life. Do the work.… — Cheryl Strayed
I do not write for a select minority, which means nothing to me, nor for that adulated platonic entity known as â€˜The Massesâ€™. Both abstractions,… — Jorge Luis Borges
One night a friend lent me a book of short stories by Franz Kafka. I went back to the pension where I was staying and… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
never write a line you'd be ashamed to read at your own funeral. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Fanfiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band of brilliant pop-culture junkies trapped… — Lev Grossman
If you write a book set in the past about something that happened east of the Mississippi, it's a 'historical novel.' If you write about… — Louis L'Amour
The only book that is worth writing is the one we donâ€™t have the courage or strength to write. The book that hurts us (we… — Helene Cixous
If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck and coincidence — Paulo Coelho
Let's see if I can write about something other than my heart. — Gary Shteyngart
One thing I knew about the novelistâ€™s task: when in doubt, write; when empty, write; when afraid, write. Nothing is more impenetrable than the blank… — Philip Sington
write what readers want to read, which isnâ€™t necessarily what you want to write. — Nicholas Sparks
We were encouraged to propose safetyprevention suggestions, and write them all downâ€” locking doors, walking or exercising with a friend, wearing shoes that donâ€™t hinder… — Tammara Webber
You're sad-looking," she said. "My grandson used to be such a happy boy. He used to write me stories. I remember the first story he… — Chris Colfer
Yes?â€™ he asked, looking at me over the sheet. â€˜Iâ€™m a writer temporarily down on my inspirations.â€™ â€˜Oh, a writer, eh?â€™ â€˜Yes.â€™ â€˜Are you sure?â€™… — Charles Bukowski
I used to go outside every day and invent these elaborate worlds and scenarios in my head, and when I grew too old for playing… — Veronica Roth
If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it. — Beverly Cleary
Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one. — Marianne Williamson
Throw away my book: you must understand that it represents only one of a thousand attitudes. You must find your own. If someone else could… — Andre Gide

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