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I think I write in order to discover on my shelf a new book that I would enjoy reading, or to see a new play… — Thornton Wilder
There's definitely some pieces in there that reflect on my personal life, but really, they aren't as personal as everybody thinks they are. I would… — Kurt Cobain
I don't think that much anymore in terms of 'write a record, record a record, tour a record,' because in my own mind, things have… — PJ Harvey
I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music. — PJ Harvey
James Cain - faugh! Everything he touches smells like a billygoat. He is every kind of writer I detest, a faux naix, a Proust in… — Raymond Chandler
You cant write about stuff you dont know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands… — Dierks Bentley
It's been suggested that most women fail to write significantly because the female mind is viscerotonic, and occupied almost exclusively with the moment-to-moment reality of… — Alfred Bester
People no longer write letters. Lacking the leisure, and, for the most part, the ability, they dictate dispatches, and scribble messages. When you are in… — Joel Chandler Harris
We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children. — Isaac Bashevis Singer
If the world could write by itself, it would write like Tolstoy. — Isaac Babel
AÂ form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Intellectual productiveness is one of the greatest joys - if not the greatest one -… — Siegbert Tarrasch
Just write a little bit every day. Even if it's for only half an hour â€” write, write, write. — Madeleine L'Engle
When the artist is truly the servant of the work, the work is better than the artist; Shakespeare knew how to listen to his work,… — Madeleine L'Engle
You have to write the book that wants to be written, — Madeleine L'Engle
I want to fall in love with something in the way I fell in love with the idea of Harry before I write anything else. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I won't say 'never,' but I have no plans to write an eighth book. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Imagination doesnâ€™t just mean making things up. It means thinking things through, solving them, or hoping to do so, and being just distant enough to… — Diana Wynne Jones
To be a writer you should read, write and talk to people, hear their knowledge, hear their problems. Be a good listener. The rest will… — Jean Craighead George
I believe that if a child has a feel for writing and wants to write, there is an audience. Children should just dive in and… — Jean Craighead George
Ideas are cheap. I have more ideas now than I could ever write up. To my mind, it's the execution that is all-important. — George R. R. Martin

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