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Take out another notebook, pick up another pen, and just write, just write, just write. In the middle of the world, make one positive step.… — Natalie Goldberg
Only a fool wants war, but once a war starts then it cannot be fought half-heartedly. It cannot even be fought with regret, but must… — Bernard Cornwell
I need to write down my observations. Even the tiniest ones; they're the most important. — Tove Jansson
They who love to inform themselves, are never idle. Though I have no business of consequence to take care of, I am nevertheless continually employed.… — Baron de Montesquieu
I've determined the ideal job for me is one where I can write clever essays about my life and my employer will give me enough… — Jen Lancaster
I understand now my father really thought he was doing me good. Education means a lot to Palestinians. We’ve become some of the most educated… — Suheir Hammad
I have neither curiosity, interest, pain nor pleasure, in anything, good or evil, they can say of me. I feel only a slight disgust, and… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
In many college English courses the words “myth” and “symbol” are given a tremendous charge of significance. You just ain’t no good unless you can… — Ursula K. Le Guin
When people say to me, 'Why are you so good at writing at women?' I say, 'Why isn't everybody?' Obviously there are differences between men… — Joss Whedon
For me, the first sign of oncoming madness is that I'm unable to write. — Marya Hornbacher
It wasn't until I was 37 that I grasped the great truth that you've got to write your own books and nobody else's, and then… — William Golding
I do like people to read the books twice, because I write my novels about ideas which concern me deeply and I think are important,… — William Golding
[O]ne can scarcely be frightened off writing what one wants to write for fear an obscure reviewer should patronise one on that account. — Dorothy L. Sayers
Book of Ecclesiastes, God is saying... Write a good story, take somebody with you and let me help — Donald Miller
There is nothing you can do except try to write it the way that it was. So you must write each day better than you… — Ernest Hemingway
I love to write and I assure you I write regularly... But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be… — J D Salinger
The whole point about vision is that it's very individual, it's very personal, and it has to be confessional. It has to be something which… — Clive Barker
The most interesting thing about writing is the way that it obliterates time. Three hours seem like three minutes. Then there is the business of… — Gore Vidal
Write like a motherfucker. — Cheryl Strayed
I have become convinced that the more wealth a country accumulates, the more isolated and lonely its people become. The loneliest are usually the children… — Wess Stafford
As a writer, even as a child, long before what I wrote began to be published, I developed a sense that meaning itself was resident… — Joan Didion
Ringo: 'I do get emotional when I think back about those times. My make-up is emotional. I'm an emotional human being. I'm very sensitive and… — Ringo Starr
You can't write a script in your mind and then force yourself to follow it. You have to let yourself be. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
…my life has been a remarkable one. Maybe one day someone will write a book about me . . .” "I’ve never much cared for… — Anthony Horowitz
I write the word solitude on my wall and then below it: Do you know me at all? Are my words just air? Is my… — Jessica Sorensen

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