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"The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself."
Albert Camus
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Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.
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The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
Gustave Flaubert
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The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.
Robert Cormier
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If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.
Stephen King
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Maya Angelou
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The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
Gustave Flaubert
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Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.
William Wordsworth
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Writing is the painting of the voice.
Voltaire
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If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
Toni Morrison
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The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes.
Agatha Christie
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Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.
Louis L'Amour
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Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of meditation—an investigation of my own life. It has nothing to do with 'I've got to get another play.'
Neil Simon
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Writing is the supreme solace.
W. Somerset Maugham
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You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Writing is a struggle against silence.
Carlos Fuentes
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Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.
William Wordsworth
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Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.
Stephen King
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The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.
Terry Pratchett
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Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself.
Pat Conroy
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Writing is a way of life.
Sylvia Plath
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Write what should not be forgotten.
Isabel Allende
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A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
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Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.
Stephen King
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The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
Gustave Flaubert
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A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
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Write hard and clear about what hurts.
Ernest Hemingway
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Writing is the painting of the voice.
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Write what you know. Write what you want to know more about. Write what you're afraid to write about.
Cec Murphy
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The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.
Terry Pratchett
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You can make anything by writing.
C.S. Lewis
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The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.
Terry Pratchett
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Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.
Natalie Goldberg
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Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.
Louis L'Amour
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Writing is a way to make sense of the world, and to have a voice in it.
Roxane Gay
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One day I will find the right words, and they all will be simple.
Jack Kerouac
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A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
Thomas Mann
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Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us.
Don DeLillo
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The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
Steve Jobs
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The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.
Anaïs Nin
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The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.
Terry Pratchett
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Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted.
Jules Renard
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Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
E.L. Doctorow
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You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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A word after a word after a word is power.
Margaret Atwood
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The scariest moment is always just before you start.
Stephen King
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Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
E.L. Doctorow
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Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.
Natalie Goldberg
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Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
E.L. Doctorow
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Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of meditation—an investigation of my own life. It has nothing to do with 'I've got to get another play.'
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