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If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor. — Edgar Rice Burroughs
Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very… — Ray Bradbury
Forget all the rules. Forget about being published. Write for yourself and celebrate writing. — Melinda Rucker Haynes
I don't think it is possible to give tips for finding one's voice; it's one of those things for which there aren't really any tricks… — Poppy Z. Brite
You can't say, I won't write today because that excuse will extend into several days, then several months, then... you are not a writer anymore,… — D. C. Fontana
To be a writer is to sit down at one's desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the… — John Hersey
Writing isn't generally a lucrative source of income; only a few, exceptional writers reach the income levels associated with the best-sellers. Rather, most of us… — Melissa Scott
Writers seldom write the things they think. They simply write the things they think other folks think they think. — Elbert Hubbard
If you read good books, when you write, good books will come out of you. — Natalie Goldberg
My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: when you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip. — Elmore Leonard
Most beginning writers - and I was the same - are like chefs trying to cook great dishes that they've never tasted themselves. How can… — Daniel Quinn
If you don't know it, don't write it. — Darrell Schweitzer
On plenty of days the writer can write three or four pages, and on plenty of other days he concludes he must throw them away. — Annie Dillard
Like most-maybe all- writers, I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books. — Francine Prose
Respect is one of the greatest expressions of Love. If other people try to write your story, it means they don't respect you. They consider… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
The modelling was fun but I don't see it the same as music, because with modelling, I was just kind of lucky, I just fell… — Erica Packer
I work seven days a week, from 9 in the morning till 8 at night. I have the titles of the next eight novels I… — Orhan Pamuk
Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident the art of losing's not too hard to master… — Elizabeth Bishop
To write that essential book, a great writer does not need to invent it but merely to translate it, since it already exists in each… — Marcel Proust
I'm 100 percent original, and that's what got me here. My rap music is more understandable, slower. It tells a story. You can write a… — Tupac Shakur

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