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Without dignity our lives are only blinks of duration. But if we manage to lead a good life well, we create something more. We write… — Ronald D Dworkin
I don't think the press are vindictive. They can write what they want — Unknown Author
I write because I like to make things and the only things I am good at making things with are words, — P.J. O'Rourke
They ask me what I'd like written about me when I'm gone. I hope they write I made Penn State a better place, not just… — Joe Paterno
A writer works from the material she has, but it comes from the unconscious. Everything is stored up and one never knows what comes up… — Rosamond Lehmann
Singing is my main goal, and I think philosophy will help me write songs. — Jackie Evancho
Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about. — Jackie Collins
I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then consider themselves terribly well read. I think I can… — Jackie Collins
Do not copy my style! The first rule of writing is write about what you know, not what you think you know. So, think about… — Jackie Collins
I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre. — Jackie Collins
I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just… — Jackie Collins
To be honest, I’m more concerned with living my life than writing about my life. I feel like that’s really the main thing I know… — Jeff Tweedy
I've enjoyed being a famous writer-except that every once in a while you have to write something. — Ken Kesey
I was asked by a group to write a song on the theme of brotherhood. This was before women's liberation, when brotherhood meant men and… — Tom Glazer
When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause. — Wietse Venema
I have discovered the most exciting, the most arduous literary form of all, the most difficult to master, the most pregnant in curious possibilities. I… — Aldous Huxley
Ugly programs are like ugly suspension bridges: they're much more liable to collapse than pretty ones, because the way humans (especially engineer-humans) perceive beauty is… — Eric S. Raymond
Everyone thinks they're going to write one book of poems or one novel. — Marilyn Hacker
I write in praise of the solitary act: of not feeling a trespassing tongue forced into one's mouth, one's breath smothered, nipples crushed against the… — Fleur Adcock
This will be a great day in our history; the date of a New Revolution - quite as much needed as the old one. Even… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
No intelligent man wears a moustache voluntarily - you can write that down. — Sam Neill
It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself. — Tanith Lee
It's actually harder to write a fun song. — Taryn Manning
For first you write a sentence, And then you chop it small; Then mix the bits and sort them out Just as they chance to… — Lewis Carroll
If you've got craft, you got game. If you got game, you can write your way in and out of anything. Writing is the best… — Robert Mark Kamen

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