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The modern economics of the theater is such that we write plays with fewer and fewer characters. — John Patrick Shanley
My first plays were amazingly bad, but I had a teacher who thought I had promise, and he kept working with me. I finally went… — David Henry Hwang
I never conceived of not writing a novel. I believed - oh, God, I believed, it was an article of faith! - I was born… — Cynthia Ozick
My goal is to write books that are quality books with very real characters and a gripping plot. — John Searles
I write and have done so primarily for personal pleasure. — Franz Wright
Each night before I go to bed, I take out a small card and write a list of the things I need to do the… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
I had novels to write, so I wrote them. — Octavia E. Butler
When you watch a Coen brothers movie, it is always so certain about what it is trying to portray. That is their strength. The minute… — Eric Fellner
Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to research… — Octavia E. Butler
Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself. — Octavia E. Butler
I always write about the things that haunt me, the questions I have. — Caroline Leavitt
I have no control over the super PAC; all I do is write the check. — Foster Friess
I felt no need to write a German-bashing play. — Israel Horovitz
In the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, farmer-legislators write the agriculture laws. — Bill Dedman
Nowadays it seems as though people sit down to write what they know is going to be a trilogy. — Lois Lowry
If we as writers could predict what readers grab on to, we would write it. — Lois Lowry
In sixth grade, we all had to write this opinion paper. Most wrote about things like why we should be able to chew gum in… — Gillian Jacobs
When I write short fiction or novellas, I like to leave a hint of the fantastic, of the unreal. If you write a completely fantastic… — Antonio Munoz Molina
Normally, I just sit in my quiet little room and do the small things that bring me pleasures. I read my books, I answer email,… — Aaron Swartz
I used to write a lot of songs. I was an English major in college. I was a deluded poet for a year. Totally deluded. — Paul Dano

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