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Writing Quotes by P.D. James
- There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
- Publishers don't nurse you; they buy and sell you.
- Don't just plan to write - write. It is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style.
- Read widely and with discrimination. Bad writing is contagious.
- We who write in English are fortunate to have the richest and most versatile language in the world. Respect it.
- I am fifty years old and I have never known what it is to love. I can write those words, know them to be true,…
- Write what you need to write, not what is currently popular or what you think will sell.
- Learn to write by doing it. Read widely and wisely. Increase your word power. Find your own individual voice though practicing constantly. Go through the…
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