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You Write Quotes by Stephen King
- Must you write complete sentences each time, every time? Perish the thought. If your work consists only of fragments and floating clauses, the Grammar Police…
- When you write, you want to get rid of the world, don’t you? Of course you do. When you’re writing, you’re creating your own worlds.
- When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'
- Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world. The more…
- That's something that is almost accidental at the beginning of a career, but the more you write, the more trained you are to recognize the…
- When you write you tell yourself a story. When you rewrite you take out everything that is NOT the story.
- When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "One word at a time," and the answer is invariably dismissed. But that is all it…
- I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before I realized that…
- When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look…
- Sometimes stories cry out to be told in such loud voices that you write them just to shut them up.
- When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story,” he said. “When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that…
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- 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