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I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I… — Naguib Mahfouz
New Zealand is the only country I know well enough to write about. It can sometimes lead to complications. — Margaret Mahy
I'm not about to write my memoirs. Not for a long time. — John Major
I knew I could only play Cyrano if he were Americanized. I had no intention of writing the script myself. I was afraid of it.… — Steve Martin
Some directors expect you to do everything; write, be producer, psychiatrist. Some just want you to die in a tragic accident during the shooting so… — John Malkovich
It's hard to write a good plot, it's very hard. — David Mamet
If you're writing an opinion piece, it's your job to write your opinion. If, on the other hand, you wrote a novel, as Virginia Woolf… — David Mamet
It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest. — Barry Mann
I dare you all to write one more thing that you won't say to my face. — Marilyn Manson
I'm a very organised and rational and linear thinker, and you have to stop all that to write a novel. — Hilary Mantel
Back in my 20s, when I wrote 'A Place of Greater Safety,' the French Revolution novel, I thought, 'I'll always have to write historical novels… — Hilary Mantel
If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to… — Don Marquis
I just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming from inside. There's no tricks. It's honesty with big melodies. — Bruno Mars
But long story short, I didn't start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an actor or even wanted to… — Demetri Martin
Don't write outlines; I hate outlines. — George R. R. Martin
I have idea files of books that I want to write one of these days, stories I want to write one of these days, but… — George R. R. Martin
I have some other novels I want to write. I have a lot of short stories - I love the short story. — George R. R. Martin
I wanted to write a big novel, something epic in scale. — George R. R. Martin
As Faulkner says, all of us have the capacity in us for great good and for great evil, for love but also for hate. I… — George R. R. Martin
One of the big breakthroughs, I think for me, was reading Robert A. Heinlein's four rules of writing, one of which was, 'You must finish… — George R. R. Martin

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