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Dad and I did not care at all for your story in The New Yorker â€¦ [I]t does seem, dear, that this gloomy kind of… — Shirley Jackson
Write what you like; there is no other rule. — O. Henry
Gimme the tune. Do I like this tune? Does it sound like another tune that I like? The more familiar it is, the better I… — Frank Zappa
I take mentoring very seriously and I am on the board of an organization called Girls Write Now, where we match teen girls and writing… — Tayari Jones
I am gonna write poems til i die and when i have gotten outta this body i am gonna hang round in the wind and… — Ntozake Shange
I started writing because there's an absence of things I was familiar with or that I dreamed about. One of my senses of anger is… — Ntozake Shange
I write for young girls of color, for girls who don't even exist yet, so that there is something there for them when they arrive.… — Ntozake Shange
Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one… — August Wilson
I dont write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but thats not why I write. — August Wilson
I have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. It is scandalous that I should have to write these things about… — Bill Shankly
I have always been accused of taking the things I love â€“ football, of course, but also books and records â€“ much too seriously, and… — Nick Hornby
Here's a secret. Many novelists, if they are pressed and if they are being honest, will admit that the finished book is a rather rough… — Michael Cunningham
I have yet to have a successful outcome of sitting in a room with someone and trying to write a song. The way that I… — Shawn Colvin
And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's funny makes the information go down a lot easier and… — Al Franken
Don't waste time looking for a better pencil: Â learn to write better. — Seth Godin
The writing of solid, instructive stuff fortified by facts and figures is easy enough. There is no trouble in writing a scientific treatise on the… — Stephen Leacock
I did not write half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed — Marco Polo
I cant justify taking money away from hungry kids and needy schools to pay for the Games when corporations are willing to write the checks. — Mary Lou Retton
Nothing arrives on paper as it started, and so much arrives that never started at all. To write is always to rave a little-even if… — Elizabeth Bowen
The writer, like a swimmer caught by an undertow, is borne in an unexpected direction. He is carried to a subject which has awaited him--a… — Elizabeth Bowen

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