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Writing Quotes by Markus Zusak
- I just want to write someone’s favorite book
- Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through.
- I'm not one of these 'the characters write themselves; the story just fell out of me' kind of writers. Wish it was like that.
- I find writing extremely difficult. I usually have to drag myself to my desk, mainly because I doubt myself. And it's getting harder because I…
- I procrastinate in spades. In my defence, I also try to have all other distractions solved before I can concentrate on writing. My small theory…
- ...there would be punishment and pain, and there would be happiness, too. That was writing.
- Just be patient, she told herself, and with the mounting pages, the strength of her writing fist grew.
- I like that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It's probably what I love most about writing--that words can be…
- You should give it to Max, Liesel. See if you can leave it on the bedside table, like all the other things." Liesel watched him…
- That's typically what writers do; we just sit around complaining most of the time. And the better things are going, the more they complain.
- I guess that’s the beauty of books. When they finish they don’t really finish.
- When she came to write her story, she would wonder when the books and the words started to mean not just something, but everything.
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