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It usually takes me about three years to research and write one of my historical sagas; this is one reason why I take medieval mystery… — Sharon Kay Penman
Respect can be as elusive as the unicorn. I know something of this because I write books that are set in the Middle Ages, and… — Sharon Kay Penman
Looking back, I see that I write books about brothers and sisters, about what makes up a family, what works and what is nurturing. — Patricia MacLachlan
First, I would find an object which I would think is suitable for my characters and stories, then write about it, and in the end,… — Orhan Pamuk
There are several authors who are also lawyers - and not only the ones who write legal thrillers. There are other attorneys who write romantic… — Candace Camp
I could write and help a lot of kids, or teach and help a few and go nuts. — S E Hinton
I always try to write the best I can. — S E Hinton
I have always thought that the place where you sleep or the place you share with your partner should be separate from the place where… — Orhan Pamuk
I write a world where everyone is partly right. — Orhan Pamuk
I strongly believe that the art of the novel works best when the writer identifies with whoever he or she is writing about. Novels in… — Orhan Pamuk
My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I… — Orhan Pamuk
I am glad I worked on a newspaper because it made me know I had to write whether I felt like it or not. — Susan Glaspell
Chicago is many things to many people, and to me, it is a place where you can write. — Susan Glaspell
My writing process often begins with a question. I write down ideas and let them stew for about a year. Then, when I sit down… — Cynthia Voigt
I enjoy practicing law too much to even contemplate retiring, but I often think about engaging in serious study of the history of art, of… — Karen DeCrow
I love movies. And I dig a great love story: the kind that wrecks me, then builds me back up and leaves me inspired. I… — Gina Prince-Bythewood
My husband and I are writers, and I wish I could write faster. There are not a lot of movies made with black actors in… — Gina Prince-Bythewood
Other people can write grown-up, political plays about the troubles in the world. My plays deal with magic and hope. — Colman Domingo
It took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published. — Cynthia Kadohata
My preferred style is to write in first person, so I always have to play around with possible narrator voices until I find something that… — Laurie Graham

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