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Most science fiction seemed to be written for people who already liked science fiction; I wanted to write stories for anyone, anywhere, living at any… — Michael Chabon
You write not for children but for yourself. And if by good fortune children enjoy what you enjoy, why then you are a writer of… — Arthur Ransome
I write the way women have babies. You don't know it's going to be like that. If you did, there's no way you would go… — Toni Morrison
I think there is no way to write about being alone. To write is to tell something to somebody to communicate to others. . .… — Ursula K. Le Guin
When forced to leave my house for an extended period of time, I take my typewriter with me, and together we endure the wretchedness of… — David Sedaris
We all stood and gathered our backpacks and I looked at the floor around my chair to make sure I hadn’t dropped anything. I was… — Curtis Sittenfeld
The best life for a writer is the life which helps him write the best books he can. — Julian Barnes
Everything in art depends on execution: the story of a louse can be as beautiful as the story of Alexander. You must write according to… — Julian Barnes
Life is painful and disappointing. It is useless, therefore, to write new realistic novels. We generally know where we stand in relation to reality and… — Michel Houellebecq
Write,' she said, 'as if you'll never be read. That way you'll be sure to tell the truth. — Lori Lansens
It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of… — Vita Sackville-West
The first step - especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money - the first step to controlling your world… — Chuck Palahniuk
It was the marriage that was important; Jane Austen rarely even bothered to write about the wedding. — Karen Joy Fowler
I write to find out what I think. — Stephen King
What you write chooses you. — Terry Brooks
(on A History of Western Philosophy) I was sometimes accused by reviewers of writing not a true history but a biased account of the events… — Bertrand Russell
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still like dust, I'll… — Maya Angelou
Do not do what someone else could do as well as you. Do not say, do not write what someone else could say, could write… — Andre Gide
If only you’d remember before ever you sit down to write that you’ve been a reader long before you were ever a writer. You simply… — J D Salinger
Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer… — Stephen King
February. Get ink, shed tears. Write of it, sob your heart out, sing, While torrential slush that roars Burns in the blackness of the spring.… — Boris Pasternak
Madame Bellwings, Memoir Elf Coordinator, was not at all pleased with this request, because elves who write the memoirs of teenage girls have the habit… — Janette Rallison
Good ideas stay with you until you eventually write the story. — Brian Keene
Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write. — Elie Wiesel
There is something at the bottom of every new human thought, every thought of genius, or even every earnest thought that springs up in any… — Fyodor Dostoevsky

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