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I was never a great reader, but there were two stories I loved best: Kipling's The Elephant's Child and The Jungle Book. Deep down, I've… — Michael Morpurgo
If you want to write anything that works, you have to go with the grain of your talent, not against it. If your talent is… — Philip Pullman
What I couldn't help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a morning by trying to write a page of one than… — Philip Pullman
What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training for… — Philip Pullman
For that reason you can't write with music playing, and anyone who says he can is either writing badly, or not listening to the music,… — Philip Pullman
You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do. — Patrick Ness
I tend to plan as I write. And I want to leave myself open and the character open to keep on going until it seems… — Roddy Doyle
I write short stories when a little idea occurs to me, that I know isn't a part of a novel that will stand by itself… — Roddy Doyle
I don't really write plots. I use history as the engine that drives everything. — Alan Furst
I write what I call 'novels of consolation' for people who are bright and sophisticated. — Alan Furst
I store away my experiences and don't feel really happy until I've found a way to write about them. — Len Deighton
I think the reason working-class people don't write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted to write books. — Len Deighton
When Mr. William Faraday sat down to write his memoirs after fifty-eight years of blameless inactivity he found the work of inscribing the history of… — Margery Allingham
I write every paragraph four times - once to get my meaning down, once to put in anything I have left out, once to take… — Margery Allingham
I can't write if someone else is in the house, not even the cleaning woman. — Patricia Highsmith
I'm not used to not having enough time to live with the songs. Usually, if I write something, I live with it for a little… — Fiona Apple
I know what my job is: I write the songs, I sing them, I play them on the piano — Fiona Apple
I'm here because of what I write. Obviously, I must know something — Fiona Apple
You donâ€™t have the slightest idea of what it means to write a scene and a character in the English language, with images and words… — Jonathan Lethem
I always wanted to write something illustrated, and the Details strip finally gave me the opportunity. — Rick Moody

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