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But how to do feelings? All very well to write "She felt sad", or describe what a sad person might do, but what of sadness… — Ian Mcewan
The more I write, the more I've come to realize that books have a different place in our society than other media. Books are different… — Joe Meno
The only good teachers for you are those friends who love you, who think you are interesting, or very important, or wonderfully funny; whose attitude… — Brenda Ueland
I found that many gifted people are so afraid of writing a poor story that they cannot summon the nerve to write a single sentence… — Brenda Ueland
You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading,… — Annie Proulx
(W)hat I write when I force myself is generally just as good as what I write when I'm feeling inspired. It's mainly a matter of… — Tom Wolfe
I was secretly convinced that with such a marvel one would be able to write anything, from novels to encyclopedias, and letters whose supernatural power… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Calling it a simple schoolgirl crush was like saying a Rolls-Royce was a vehicle with four wheels, something like a hay-wagon. She did not giggle… — Stephen King
Just start the sentence...and see what happens. This is how we write. — Jincy Willett
I have grown weary of literature: silence alone comforts me. If I continue to write, it’s because I have nothing more to accomplish in this… — Clarice Lispector
Every story I've written was written because I had to write it. Writing stories is like breathing for me; it is my life. — Ray Bradbury
Three or four threads may be agitated, like telegraph wires, at the same time, and if I were to tap them all I would reveal… — Anais Nin
You can write any time people will leave you alone and not interrupt you. Or rather you can if you will be ruthless enough about… — Ernest Hemingway
I write because I've always written, can't stop. I am a writing animal. The way a silk worm is a silk-producing animal. — Doris Lessing
Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener. — Jimmy Buffett
I write because I hate. A lot. Hard. — William H. Gass
I write out of revenge. — William Goldman
Dear fatal name! rest ever unreveal'd, Nor pass these lips in holy silence seal'd. Hide it, my heart, within that close disguise, Where mixed with… — Alexander Pope
I have written it before and am not ashamed to write it again. Without Wodehouse I am not sure that I would be a tenth… — Stephen Fry
I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which… — W. Somerset Maugham
Even now, she wished she could write a note, push it across the table, and go away to her room. But she was no longer… — Garth Nix
i believe that basically you write for two people; yourself to try and make it absolutely perfect; or if not that then wonderful. then you… — Ernest Hemingway
In the future, when something comes up, you tell exactly how it happened but write down for yourself the way you think it should have… — Betty Smith
I see things, that's all. Write enough stories and every shadow on the floor looks like a footprint; every line in the dirt like a… — Stephen King
It's around midnight. After I left Dad, my choice was to either become very drunk or write this. I chose to write this. It felt… — Douglas Coupland

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