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Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them. — Jeffery Deaver
The outline is 95 percent of the book. Then I sit down and write, and that's the easy part. — Jeffery Deaver
I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life,… — Mos Def
In the early '90s, when I really started to find my voice, I was reading a lot of books, and I was moved by the… — Mos Def
I'm lucky; people write scripts for me. — Catherine Deneuve
Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation… — Anita Desai
Every show is unique; some shows have the master plan and have everything figured out and that's just the way they do things. It's like… — Zooey Deschanel
It's very much a piece of myself when I write a song. I don't mean to say it's very personal, like the lyrics mean something… — Zooey Deschanel
Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness. — Kate DiCamillo
Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one? — Kate DiCamillo
My gut feeling about sequels is that they should be premeditated: You should try to write a trilogy first or at least sketch out a… — Vin Diesel
Why do you think I write these feminist songs, to try and teach myself to respect myself. You know, it's not because I'm a hero. — Ani DiFranco
I write very, very slowly, and for me, I have to summon all sorts of resources to make one of these pieces work. — Junot Diaz
It took me sixteen years to write. — Junot Diaz
'Oscar Wao' for example cohered in a period of terrible distress. All the novels that I wanted to write were not happening. — Junot Diaz
I think there's something really painful about your identity being entirely composed of ghosts. For me, I didn't want to be this kid whose Dominicanness… — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is… — Junot Diaz
I write incredibly slowly. And, on top of that, I spent my entire youth and twenties working like a dog, so one of the things… — Junot Diaz
It wasn't that I couldn't write. I wrote every day. I actually worked really hard at writing. At my desk by 7 A.M., would work… — Junot Diaz
When I write, what I long for is not more realism or fiction but more courage. That's what I always find myself short on and… — Junot Diaz
When I write with Maiden, then I write only with the guys in Maiden, we don't do songs from outside people. — Bruce Dickinson
I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what… — Joan Didion
It makes more sense to write one big book - a novel or nonfiction narrative - than to write many stories or essays. Into a… — Annie Dillard
Write as if you were dying. At the same time, assume you write for an audience consisting solely of terminal patients. That is, after all,… — Annie Dillard
Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing. — E L Doctorow

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