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I have always been accused of taking the things I love – football, of course, but also books and records – much too seriously, and… — Nick Hornby
Here's a secret. Many novelists, if they are pressed and if they are being honest, will admit that the finished book is a rather rough… — Michael Cunningham
I have yet to have a successful outcome of sitting in a room with someone and trying to write a song. The way that I… — Shawn Colvin
And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's funny makes the information go down a lot easier and… — Al Franken
Don't waste time looking for a better pencil: Â learn to write better. — Seth Godin
The writing of solid, instructive stuff fortified by facts and figures is easy enough. There is no trouble in writing a scientific treatise on the… — Stephen Leacock
I did not write half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed — Marco Polo
I cant justify taking money away from hungry kids and needy schools to pay for the Games when corporations are willing to write the checks. — Mary Lou Retton
Nothing arrives on paper as it started, and so much arrives that never started at all. To write is always to rave a little-even if… — Elizabeth Bowen
The writer, like a swimmer caught by an undertow, is borne in an unexpected direction. He is carried to a subject which has awaited him--a… — Elizabeth Bowen
Dogs read the world through their noses and write their history in urine. — J. R. Ackerley
Whenever I write anything that sets up controversy its meaning is distorted almost instantly. Even the editorial writers of newspapers seem to be unable to… — H. L. Mencken
The mistake that is made always runs the other way. Because the plain people are able to speak and understand, and even, in many cases,… — H. L. Mencken
I don't write music for sissy ears. — Charles Ives
I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience. — Jonathan Carroll
I find you write with one person in mind. Usually for me that one person is my wife, because she's my most severe critic and… — Jonathan Carroll
I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive stress of intense… — Francesca Lia Block
An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in… — William Labov
There's a film you write, there's a film you shoot, and there's a film that you cut - and they're all different. — Paul Greengrass
Let there be no inscription upon my tomb. Let no man write my epitaph. No man can write my epitaph. I am here ready to… — Robert Emmet
Let no man write my epitaph. When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my… — Robert Emmet
I don't write books for people to be friends with the characters. If you want to find friends, go to a cocktail party. — ZoÃ« Heller
I think there are things in my story that have helped my creativity. Your father being killed, for instance, is one of the best things… — Roger Waters
All I do is write their names on the lineup card and let them play. It’s not a tough job. I haven’t misspelled one name… — Unknown Author
All I want to do is write songs about funny characters I made up. — Wes Borland

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