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You need so much energy and encouragement to write that if someone says something negative, some of that energy goes. — Joyce Carol Oates
As a child. I grew up on a small farm, so I did a lot of drawings of animals, chickens and people. At the bottom… — Joyce Carol Oates
It's not hard to write poorly. But to write something good, it has to be revised. — Joyce Carol Oates
Most people who are writers go through periods when they can't write. — Joyce Carol Oates
'A Fair Maiden' existed in notes and sketches for perhaps a year. When I traveled, I would take along with me my folder of notes… — Joyce Carol Oates
After my husband died, I could not write much - I could not concentrate. I was too exhausted most of the time even to contemplate… — Joyce Carol Oates
I always rewrite the very beginning of a novel. I rewrite the beginning as I write the ending, so I may spend part of morning… — Joyce Carol Oates
I don't feel I write fast. I write in longhand and do so much revision. On the page, it's so old-fashioned. I could write a… — Joyce Carol Oates
I haven't any formal schedule, but I love to write in the morning, before breakfast. Sometimes the writing goes so smoothly that I don't take… — Joyce Carol Oates
I think all art comes out of conflict. When I write I am always looking for the dramatic kernel of an event, the junctures of… — Joyce Carol Oates
I write in longhand and assemble lots of notes, and then I try to collate them into a coherent chronology. It's like groping along in… — Joyce Carol Oates
Productivity is a relative matter. And it's really insignificant: What is ultimately important is a writer's strongest books. It may be the case that we… — Joyce Carol Oates
To write a novel is to embark on a quest that is very romantic. People have visions, and the next step is to execute them.… — Joyce Carol Oates
When I was very little, four or five, I did comic strip drawings, so my first novel had no words. I couldn't write and thought… — Joyce Carol Oates
Unlike my opponent, I will not let oil companies write this country's energy plan, or endanger our coastlines, or collect another $4 billion in corporate… — Barack Obama
When you write a song, the goal is not to convey the details of your life. You should write a memoir or something if that's… — Conor Oberst
To outsiders it probably seems like splitting hairs, but to me, Bright Eyes is a simply the collaboration between myself and Mike Mogis and Nate… — Conor Oberst
Advertising is a business of words, but advertising agencies are infested with men and women who cannot write. They cannot write advertisements, and they cannot… — David Ogilvy
Many people - and I think I am one of them - are more productive when they've had a little to drink. I find if… — David Ogilvy
Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your family to read. You wouldn't tell lies to your own wife. Don't tell them to mine. — David Ogilvy
I don't know the rules of grammar... If you're trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should… — David Ogilvy
I'm conscious of a series of circles working its way through my life. And at this particular moment I have come round to the beginning… — Ben Okri
I consider myself kind of a reporter - one who uses words that are more like music and that have a choreography. I never think… — Mary Oliver
I have a notebook with me all the time, and I begin scribbling a few words. When things are going well, the walk does not… — Mary Oliver
Writers like to write, and writing in different forms - short, long, bite-sized, done on the fly, done with painstaking attention - all interest me. — Susan Orlean

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