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You Write Quotes by Annie Dillard
- When you write, you lay out a line of words. The line of words is a miner's pick, a wood carver's gouge, a surgeon's probe.…
- Write as if you were dying. At the same time, assume you write for an audience consisting solely of terminal patients. That is, after all,…
More You Write Quotes
- Be careful that what you write does not offend anybody or cause problems within the company. The safest approach is to remove… — Scott Adams
- Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's… — Elayne Boosler
- Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is… — Ray Bradbury
- And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you write better than others, and I believe… — Jimmy Buffett
- Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters. — Steve Buscemi
- Screenwriting is a much more collaborative effort. When you write a novel, it's just you, with input from your editor. — Meg Cabot
- When you write for very young children what they want is something familiar and safe and stereotyped. — Helena Bonham Carter
- You write a scene, and it works or it doesn't. It's immediate. — Nick Cave
- The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle… — Nick Cave
- I always say when you write a book, you're a 'one-man band.' Whereas, when you finish a screenplay, it's just a sketch. — Diablo Cody
- Before you write - remember that every speech has something of 'you' in the writing. Don't take that away when you write.… — Phil Collins
- People are certainly impressed by the aura of creative power which a writer may wear, but can easily demolish it with a… — Brian Stableford