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Writing Quotes by Jean M. Auel
- I started writing to please myself, a story I would like to read, and that is still true.
- I can't tell you any more than any other writer can tell you why they write, and I don't know what my influences are.
- I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to research the clues of some little know…
- I'm just writing a story that I want to read.
- Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write.
- From the beginning, when I first got an idea for a story and wondered if I could write it, it has always been the story…
- I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so many people have found my books…
- Life sometimes gets in the way of writing.
- I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know.
- You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you are…
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