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Writers are often the worst judges of what they have written. — Stephen King
I started writing one afternoon when I was twenty, and ever since then I have written every day. At first I had to force myself.… — David Sedaris
I sometimes don't know what songs are about for several years after I've written them. — Justin Hayward
Richard Barager has written THE novel of the Sixties - a passion-filled, pitch-perfect, roller coaster of a tale about the decade that divides us all. — David Horowitz
I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands out. I just read 'Just Kids' and it's an inspirational, well-written account… — James Iha
I beg you, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked… — Rainer Maria Rilke
What a writer has to do is write what hasn't been written before or beat dead men at what they have done. — Ernest Hemingway
The most important thing in writing is to have written. I can always fix a bad page. I can't fix a blank one. — Nora Roberts
What stands out to me most about Maya Angelou is not what she has done or written or spoken; it's how she lived her life.… — Oprah Winfrey
If things continue like this, the history of our age may one day be written under a caliphate's supervision . — David Selbourne
The Saga of Dharmapuri is one of the great works of modern Indian literature. (...) Set against Vijayan's heroic and scatological Candide -- originally written… — David Selbourne
For the writer, there is nothing quite like having someone say that he or she understands, that you have reached them and affected them with… — Virginia Hamilton
What I have written-and how I came to write it-is most powerfully what I am. — Hortense Calisher
Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out of one's cultural myths, and often with reference to gender… — Diane Wakoski
The fun of talk is to explore, but much of it and all that is irresponsible should not be written. Once written you have to… — Ernest Hemingway
Rather than regret for what I have written, I feel regret for what I shall never be able to read. — Antonio Tabucchi
I don't care who likes it or buys it. Because if you use that criterion, Mozart would have never written Don Giovanni, Charlie Parker never… — Branford Marsalis
No, the shark in an updated JAWS could not be the villain; it would have to be written as the victim, for, worldwide, sharks are… — Peter Benchley
I know what my limitations are as an actor, but my strength is putting myself into a well-written part. When I get in trouble is… — George Clooney
Photography speaks a universal language that does not need translation, and with an immediacy that the written word lacks. It freezes a moment in time,… — Bianca Jagger
The Bible holds up before us ideals that are within sight of the weakest and the lowliest, and yet so high that the best and… — William Jennings Bryan
There comes a moment when the things one has written, even a traveler's memories, stand up and demand a justification. They require an explanation. They… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Looking for a word from the Lord? Believe that he has already spoken, and read what he's already written. — Mark Driscoll
In the end all books are written for your friends. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. Because I have the greatest respect for the reader, and if… — Elwyn Brooks White

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