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Writing Quotes by Thomas Perry
- There are days when I intentionally don't write. For instance, I never write when I'm traveling, because travel is a situation where I can learn…
- I do want to write about Jane Whitefield again, but only when I have a good enough idea - something I've figured out about her…
- I had been writing fiction since I was in eighth grade, because I loved it.
- I held a variety of jobs - most notably ten years working in universities - and kept on writing.
- If I don't have a project going, I sit down and begin to write something - a character sketch, a monologue, a description of some…
- It's important, I think, for a writer of fiction to maintain an awareness of the pace and shape of the book as he's writing it.…
- What I look for in any character, good or bad, is whether I can hear him speak. If I can imagine him that clearly, then…
- When I write a book, I'm making it the best book I can.
- It was a lot of fun, and writing a series is comfortable. It's almost like having a secure job.
More Writing Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when… — Margaret Atwood
- I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not… — Paulo Coelho
- It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- All through my writing life, I've had this impulse to write autobiographical works. — Paul Auster
- Wilson was once asked how long it took him to write a speech. He answered, 'That depends. If I am to speak… — Woodrow Wilson