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Writing, therefore, is also an act of courage. How much easier is it to lead an unexamined life than to confront yourself on the page?… — Jack Heffron
I learned to write by listening to people talk. I still feel that the best of my writing comes from having heard rather than having… — Gayl Jones
It is better to write a bad first draft than to write no first draft at all. — Will Shetterly
Don't write what you know. Write what you love. That's what will keep you writing. — Chris Humphreys
It's a wonderful thing to write. You can reclaim the things you lost. — Jeremy Page
As far as my creative urge is concerned, I do sit down and write my own music...I'll tell you a writer who I think is… — Boudleaux Bryant
The first rule of improv is 'Never say no.' Use it when co-writing. To co-write, you need to be willing to be vulnerable with each… — Chuck Cannon
The funny thing is that the process of coming up with an idea for a column or a 'Candid Camera' sequence is essentially the same… — Peter Funt
It seems like songwriting for most songwriters is only one season in their life, a five or ten year period. For me, I don't worry… — Rodney Clawson
I write one step at a time, always finishing off the part I'm working on before even thinking about the next part. I need to… — Zach Condon
The way Jacques Brel writes a story, getting into the character, bringing out all his faults and qualities in the same song.... Not that I… — Zach Condon
Writing is a funny business. You sit in your room and listen to voices and write everything down. What kind of a profession is that? — William Kittredge
Write to exhaustion so that you can no longer manage to avoid writing the truth. — Elissa Schappell
Although I didn't write myself off as a complete failure, all illusion and romance was gone. I was no longer able to inflate myself; I… — Arthur Nersesian
Evolution writ large is the belief that a cloud of hydrogen will spontaneously invent extreme-ultraviolet lithography, perform Swan Lake, and write all the books in… — Fred Reed
Writers do not write about a place because they belong there, but because they want to. — Tony Earley
It's promising and seductive, that huge Italian family, sitting around the dinner table, surrounded by olive trees. But it's not my family and I am… — Gabrielle Hamilton
If you're going to be a writer, you're going to write because you have to. It's not like other arts and not nearly as rewarding… — Ian Sansom
What a joy Mary Jo Putney is to read; she can't write fast enough for me. — Laura Kinsale
I'd always thought that my awkwardness was a thin veil disguising the real me. The me that was funny and could write songs that touched… — Sarra Manning

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