"I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things."

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"I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things."

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"Copywriters, journalists, mainstream authors, ghostwriters, bloggers and advertising creatives have as much right to think of themselves as good writers as academics, poets, or literary novelists."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

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"Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on whether or not writers are exceptionally good liars, because whatever I said would actually mean its complete opposite."

Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

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"A true piece of writing sets you free."

A. D. Posey, American Poet

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"A writer's duty is to draw a picture that expresses more inner beauty, deeper anxiety, and more complex tragedy than a real character ever can."

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"The Book is more important than your plans for it. You have to go with what works for The Book ~ if your ideas appear hollow or forced when they are put on paper, chop them, erase them, pulverise them and start again. Don't whine when things are not going your way, because they are going the right way for The Book, which is more important. The show must go on, and so must The Book."

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"You are the writer of your life story, so don't forget to write the best one."

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"If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered."

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Dale Carnegie, American Writer

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"Through writing, an author opens the window of his heart through which a reader can see the inner self of the author."

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"There was a writer in the '20s called Christopher Morley, who I remember a little bit of, who had some influence on me, but I couldn't tell you what it was."

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"It seems to limit you; when you're working in an office, you're a creature in a small cell under somebody's supervision and surveillance."

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"The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway."

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"But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me."

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"But I'm so slow on it because I find it terribly hard writing blind on computers. The computer speaks to me, but it's just so slow, I'm so terribly slow using it."

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"This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late."

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"Copywriters, journalists, mainstream authors, ghostwriters, bloggers and advertising creatives have as much right to think of themselves as good writers as academics, poets, or literary novelists."

"Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on whether or not writers are exceptionally good liars, because whatever I said would actually mean its complete opposite."

"A true piece of writing sets you free."

"A writer's duty is to draw a picture that expresses more inner beauty, deeper anxiety, and more complex tragedy than a real character ever can."

"You are the writer of your life story, so don't forget to write the best one."

"If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered."

"Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience."

"Through writing, an author opens the window of his heart through which a reader can see the inner self of the author."

"Writing means not just staring ugliness in the face, but finding a way to embrace it."

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"There was a writer in the '20s called Christopher Morley, who I remember a little bit of, who had some influence on me, but I couldn't tell you what it was."

"It seems to limit you; when you're working in an office, you're a creature in a small cell under somebody's supervision and surveillance."

"I never worked in an office in my life."

"The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway."

"I never made lots of money at it, but I sold enough."

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"But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me."

"But I'm so slow on it because I find it terribly hard writing blind on computers. The computer speaks to me, but it's just so slow, I'm so terribly slow using it."

"This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late."