962 Quotes About Writing-life
- Author Annie Dillard
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The writing that so thrills and exhilarates you, as if you were dancing right next to the band, is barely audible to anyone else.
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- Author Barbara Abercrombie
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Writing is not a hobby. Collecting stamps or coins is a hobby. Writing is a calling.
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- Author M.J. Pullen
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A 15-minute gap in your day is plenty of time to write and read, but not if you check your email first.
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- Author Anna Belfrage
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When sitting in an armchair isn't enough… I write. What I mean is that when it no longer suffices to sit and dream about travelling to other times, other places, I write about them instead. A most economical and safe form of time travel.
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- Author Stendahl
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To write a book is to risk being shot at in public.
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- Author Graham Greene
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The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see - every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties.
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- Author Kristy Brown
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I feel the most alive when I write.
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- Author Kristy Brown
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Word count doesn't tell me when a story ends, my characters will tell me.
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- Author Peter James West
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Drafting is like painting the Golden Gate Bridge.The closer you get to the end, the more you start to worry about the beginning.
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