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I worry sometimes that I'm a bit moralistic; always writing about men who are learning to grow up, not be so self-absorbed, selfish or badly… — David Nicholls
It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and… — Stevie Nicks
If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture… — Anais Nin
President Clinton signed a $10 million deal to write a book by 2003. Isn't that amazing? Yes, and get this, not only that, President Bush… — Conan O'Brien
Solitude is very different from a 'time-out' from our busy lives. Solitude is the very ground from which community grows. Whenever we pray alone, study,… — Henri Nouwen
When I walk up on that shore in Florida, I want millions of those AARP sisters and brothers to look at me and say, 'I'm… — Diana Nyad
I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one. — Flannery O'Connor
The abortion cases produced an enormous amount of mail to my chambers, vastly more than to the other chambers, I am sure. I sometimes thought… — Sandra Day O'Connor
I know. I'm lazy. But I made myself a New Years resolution that I would write myself something really special. Which means I have 'til… — Catherine O'Hara
Before you can write a novel you have to have a number of ideas that come together. One idea is not enough. — Joyce Carol Oates
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

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