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I think the bravest thing to write about is nothing, just to write a book in which nothing happens. — Meg Rosoff
Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition. — N. Scott Momaday
When you write fiction, you can sort of invent more but also pack it with emotions that are very pertinent to you. Whereas with nonfiction,… — Oscar Hijuelos
Believe it or not, friendships are difficult to write in fiction. They can easily come across as forced, particularly if they involve too much explication… — Steven Erikson
The starting point of discovering who you are, your gifts, your talents, your dreams, is being comfortable with yourself. Spend time alone. Write in a… — Robin S. Sharma
Every play I write is about love and distance. And time. And from that we can get things like history. — Suzan-Lori Parks
I was raised in Harlem. I never found a book that took place in Harlem. I never had a church like mine in a book.… — Walter Dean Myers
I need to meet people to be able to write. — Vikas Swarup
Writing is a very lonely occupation. To write you need to concentrate, to concentrate you need to lock yourself away. No distractions; you want your… — Vikas Swarup
I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs… — Vikas Swarup
Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write. — Vikas Swarup
The fact is that at different stages of your life, and under the influence of different inspirations, you write different things. The point is not… — Vikram Seth
Every day you can write a song but some days there is just some magic in the air and something special about the catch; other… — Lee Brice
I write songs all the time in my room. I play them for my friends and family. — Miranda Cosgrove
Even with college, the reason I wanted to go so badly is because I wanted to major in film. I want to take screenwriting classes… — Miranda Cosgrove
I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type. — James Salter
You can write about other people and their ideas and life without having lived it, but even your perception of that is going to be… — James Salter
If you write enough, you begin to learn to do things. But in a way, you do start from zero each time. — James Salter
In 1957, I decided: write or perish. — James Salter
There came a time when I felt I was not going to be satisfied with life unless I could write. — James Salter

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