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Writing is a muscle that needs to be exercised every day: The more you write, the easier it becomes. — Jane Green
I think a lot of the people who write about me think that if they had to write fewer interviews then they would transcribe their… — Jay McInerney
I try to write as serious as possible, and then a joke slips in. — Jeff Lindsay
I tend to write about more than one generation because as a child I had contact with more than one generation; it was normal to… — Joanne Harris
With crime fiction, you have to write a half-dozen before they catch on. — John Banville
I think people are confusing the right to write with the right to be published. — John Connolly
I might not write fiction in the literary sense. But I write very well. My characters are good. My dialogue is good. And my stories… — Joy Fielding
I love thinking of movie stars who could play the characters in the books I write. — Kathryn Lasky
My books are love stories at core, really. But I am interested in manifestations of love beyond the traditional romantic notion. In fact, I seem… — Khaled Hosseini
For me as a writer, the story has always taken precedence over everything else. I have never sat down to write with broad, sweeping ideas… — Khaled Hosseini
Each play I write has its own unique origin story. — Lynn Nottage
I was never born to write. I was taught to write. And I am still being taught to write. — Atul Gawande
I am very happy when people write that they have worn out my books, or that they are held together by Scotch tape. I consider… — Richard Scarry
Romantic comedies are backbreaking to write because they have to be fresh. — Mike Newell
I think what will happen is that fiction will become more like poetry. As in, the only people who read it will write it. — Gary Shteyngart
Anything that broadens your musicality always moves the way you write drum or guitar parts. — Philip Selway
Sometimes I do feel like I write the same story again and again. And for me, I am always looking for a place with a… — Jill McCorkle
In an ideal world, the perfect biographical subject would have been the star of his penmanship class at grade school - and would thereafter write… — Stacy Schiff
I tell people not to write too soon about their lives. Writing about yourself too young is loaded with psychological complexities. — Mary Karr
In the odd moment when I am not thinking about horses, I write books. — Meg Rosoff

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