"People think that writing is writing, but actually……" — Chris Abani

"People think that writing is writing, but actually writing is editing. Otherwise, you're just taking notes"

— Chris Abani

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17 Quotes by Chris Abani

Chris Abani has 17 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

My friend Ronald Gottesman says...that the cause of all our trouble is the belief in an essential, pure identity: religious,…
What we know about who we are comes from stories. It's the agents of our imagination who really shape who…
If you want to know about Africa, read our literature - and not just 'Things Fall Apart,' because that would…
Fiction and poetry are my first loves, but the really beautiful lyrical essay can do so much that other forms…
In this time of the Internet and nonfiction, to be on an actual bookshelf in an actual bookstore is exciting…
What I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the simple…
You know, you can steel your heart against any kind of trouble, any kind of horror. But the simple act…
What I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the simple…
Men do communicate, often very directly, but women sometimes cannot accept how simple what we have to say is.
That women are mysterious and unknowable is something every young man grows up believing. Men, on the other hand, never…
My books are often shelved around those of Chinua Achebe and Margaret Atwood, or Chimamanda Adichie and Monica Ali. All…
My search is always to find ways to chronicle, to share and to document stories about people, just everyday people.…

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More Actually Writing Quotes

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I've always wanted to have a book published - it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actually… — Ahmet Zappa
There is a big difference between wanting to say you wrote a book, and actually writing one. Many people think… — Scott Berkun
You only learn to be a better writer by actually writing. — Doris Lessing
I love writing. I never feel really comfortable unless I am either actually writing or have a story going. I… — P.G. Wodehouse
I never thought about doing a sequel when I was actually writing 'The Magicians.' I only ever considered it a… — Lev Grossman
I try to combine in my paintings cinematic feeling, emotional feeling, and sometimes actually writing on the page to combine… — Sylvester Stallone
I don't start a novel until I have lived with the story for awhile to the point of actually writing… — John Grisham
I cling to the fantasy that I could have done something more creative. Like actually writing a script, or writing… — Hugh Grant
It's so much work to make a movie, and for me it has to get me off my butt. To… — Rian Johnson

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