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Quite, quite,' she thought with a little sigh. 'It's always like this in their adventures. To save and be saved. I wish somebody would write… — Tove Jansson
I learned to write by reading the kind of books I wished I'd written. — Barbara Kingsolver
Of course you want someone special to love you. A majority of the people who write to me inquire about how they can get the… — Cheryl Strayed
You try every trick in the book to keep her. You write her letters. You quote Neruda. You cancel your Facebook. You give her the… — Junot Diaz
One of my big revelations was that nobody cares whether you write your novel or not. They want you to be happy. Your parents want… — Sam Lipsyte
Former police chief of Houston once said of me: â€œFrank Abagnale could write a check on toilet paper, drawn on the Confederate States Treasury, sign… — Frank Abagnale
Who am I? I'm just a writer. I write things down. I walk through your dreams and invent the future. Sure, I sink the boat… — Richard Siken
I started out of course with Hemingway when I learned how to write. Until I realized Hemingway doesn't have a sense of humor. He never… — Elmore Leonard
I write as if to save somebodyâ€™s life. Probably my own. Life is a kind of madness that death makes. Long live the dead because… — Clarice Lispector
It's just hard," Harry said finally, in a low voice, "to realize he won't write me again — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Why should I be polished and improved like goods for sale? I might not even want to marry! And besides, I have many skills. I… — Juliet Marillier
I read books when I was a kid, lots of books. Books always seemed like magic to me. They took you to the most amazing… — Pat Murphy
Thank God for novelists. Thank God there are people willing to write everything down. Otherwise, so much would be forgotten. — Kurt Vonnegut
That was the trouble with being a writer, that was the main troubleâ€”leisure time, excessive leisure time. You had to wait around for the buildup… — Charles Bukowski
It's being a grown up, which I never figured out how to do, scrubbing the tub, and remembering to eat and shampoo my hair. It's… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
In my lifetime I was to write only one book, this would be the one. Just as the past Lingers in the present, all my… — Elie Wiesel
The reasons that drive me to write are many and the most important are the most secret, I think. Perhaps most of all this: to… — Andre Gide
This book is entirely dedicated to my wife, Robin Sullivan. Some have asked how it is I write such strong women without resorting to putting… — Michael J. Sullivan
Sadly I write in my quiet room, alone as I have always been, alone as I will always be. And I wonder if my apparently… — Fernando Pessoa
But do you know how old I will be by the time I learn to really play the piano / act / paint / write… — Julia Cameron

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