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It is long ere we discover how rich we are. Our history, we are sure, is quite tame: we have nothing to write, nothing to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
They are always asking a writer why he does not write like somebody else, or a painter why he does not paint like somebody else,… — Oscar Wilde
Whatever you have lived, you can write & by hard work & a genuine apprenticeship, you can learn to write well; but what you have… — Mark Twain
I cannot write in English, because of the treacherous spelling. When I am reading, I only hear it and am unable to remember what the… — Albert Einstein
It's important for me to get back to my fans here and around the world. I feel very, very blessed that so many people have… — Irene Cara
At the time, I was in L.A., just auditioning and hoping to land a part, dramatic or comedic. I started to feel really stagnant, waiting… — Nasim Pedrad
My artistic goal was to write something that's one hundred percent real and true to me and to this world. I tried to touch on… — Mat Kearney
When I set out to write, I want to write something that will rip your heart out. — Mat Kearney
Turn off your cell phone. Honestly, if you want to get work done, youâ€™ve got to learn to unplug. No texting, no email, no Facebook,… — Nathan Englander
I didnâ€™t even know I could write music, but somehow Walt did. He tapped my hidden talents. — Xavier Atencio
I do not choose my listeners. What I mean is, I never write for my listeners. I think about my audience, but I am not… — Henryk Gorecki
To write about a struggle amidst the struggling: one must hope that the muddling will end someday. — Yiyun Li
What a long way it is from one life to another: yet why write if not for that distance; if things can be let go,… — Yiyun Li
So long as the Constitution is not amended beyond recognition, so long as elections are held regularly and fairly and the ethos of secularism broadly… — Ramachandra Guha
I need to say to you. There are things in your life that only you will see, stories that only you will hear. If you… — Emmet Gowin
Some day I'll write a book and call it 'How I Got the Nickname Pumpsie' and sell it for one dollar, and if everybody who… — Pumpsie Green
So many want to be lifted by song and dancing, and this morning it is easy to understand. I write in the sound of chirping… — Linda Gregg
Speaking as a writer, I'm not interested in trends, I want to write books that are honest, with characters as true to the inner world… — Susan Patron
The best thing about conceptual poetry is that it doesnâ€™t need to be read. You donâ€™t have to read it. As a matter of fact,… — Kenneth Goldsmith
The characters write the plot. Their natures do. — Norman Rush

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