"Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write."

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"Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write."

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"Writing. Is it a way to be remembered,or a need to become immortal?"

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

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"Between the lines of every book the writer reveals their own secrets."

Chloe Thurlow, British Novelist

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"And there never was an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you got into for eating it."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

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"I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it."

William Faulkner, American Novelist

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"As a rule of thumb, four consecutive lines of dialogue is about as much as you want to have without a tag."

Diana Gabaldon, American Author

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"In the middle section of the book Mirabelle breaks into not one, but two houses near Belgravia Books. I had fun scoping these out - checking which windows looked least secure and figuring out how to scale the mews houses to the rear to get her inside. A man came out at one point, 'What are you doing?' he questioned me. 'The thing is, I'm writing a book,' I started with a smile. He waved me off, his hand as wide as a tennis racket. 'Everyone is writing a book, my dear,' he said. Between you and I, it's his house that MIrabelle ends up breaking into."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

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"One idea to a sentence is still the best advice that anyone has ever given on writing."

Bill Bryson, American Writer

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"It is the most fun I'm ever going to have. I love to write. I love it. I mean, there's nothing in the world I like better, and that includes sex, probably because I'm so very bad at it. It's the greatest peace when I'm in a scene, and it's just me and the character, that's it, that's where I want to live my life."

Joss Whedon, American Writer

Writing, Passion, Creativity, Joy

"But in the wake of 'Bullet,' all the guys wanted to know was, 'How's it doing? How's it selling?' How to tell them I didn't give a flying fuck how it was doing in the marketplace, that what I cared about was how it was doing in the reader's heart?"

Stephen King, American Author

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"To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven."

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"If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not - and the odds are against it - go to your desk no matter what your mood, face the icy challenge of the paper - write."

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"The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write."

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"The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?"

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"There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent."

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"Writing. Is it a way to be remembered,or a need to become immortal?"

"I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine."

"Between the lines of every book the writer reveals their own secrets."

"And there never was an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you got into for eating it."

"I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it."

"As a rule of thumb, four consecutive lines of dialogue is about as much as you want to have without a tag."

"One idea to a sentence is still the best advice that anyone has ever given on writing."

"But in the wake of 'Bullet,' all the guys wanted to know was, 'How's it doing? How's it selling?' How to tell them I didn't give a flying fuck how it was doing in the marketplace, that what I cared about was how it was doing in the reader's heart?"

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"Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats."

"To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven."

"If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not - and the odds are against it - go to your desk no matter what your mood, face the icy challenge of the paper - write."

"The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write."

"The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?"

"There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent."

"I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning."