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I am sure it has been done with less, but you should be prepared to write and throw away a million words of finished material.… — Jerry Pournelle
The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you… — Virgil Thomson
Without a function, we cease to be. So, I will write till I die. — Farley Mowat
I write every day. I'm always in the process of writing my last book, until the next one. — Farley Mowat
If people are going to write bad things about me because it makes news, I can brush it aside because I've had this for 10… — Alan Shearer
Even if I don't release it myself, somebody else might hear it and want to record it. When you write a song, it gives it… — Smokey Robinson
When you write a song, a song has longevity — Smokey Robinson
I didn't want to be a big record mogul and all that stuff. I just wanted to write songs and make people laugh. — Berry Gordy
I moved from New Zealand to Melbourne when I was 17. I'd planned to go to university to study French, but I was offered a… — Kimbra
Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's done, keep sending it out for quite awhile. — Rudy Rucker
I feel I have to live a little longer before I write a sequel to my auto biography which covers my experiences up until October… — Holly Johnson
So far as love or affection is concerned, psychologists have failed in their mission. The little we know about love does not transcend simple observation,… — Unknown Author
There's always a question of duration, there's a question of who the orchestra is. No one is free to write what you want - you… — Michael Nyman
Write every day, line by line, page by page, hour by hour. Do this despite fear. For above all else, beyond imagination and skill, what… — Robert McKee
When talented people write badly, it's generally for one of two reasons: Either they're blinded by an idea they feel compelled to prove of they're… — Robert McKee
God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends. God help you. That's flaccid, sloppy writing. Any idiot can write a voice-over… — Robert McKee
Of all the reasons for wanting to write, the only one that nurtures us through time is love of the work itself. — Robert McKee
Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not to be able to guess… — Wislawa Szymborska
I write because I canâ€™t sleep. — Ben Mezrich
If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last. — Naguib Mahfouz

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