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"Writing is thinking on paper."
William Zinsser
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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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The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
Gustave Flaubert
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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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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 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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Write what should not be forgotten.
Isabel Allende
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I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of.
Joss Whedon
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Write it badly. Write it now. Edit it later.
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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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A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
Thomas Mann
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Maya Angelou
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Writing is an escape from a world into which I often retreat.
Michael Crichton
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To write means more than putting pretty words on a page; the act of writing is to share a part of your soul with the world.
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Writing is the painting of the voice.
Voltaire
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Writing is both mask and unveiling.
E.B. White
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
W. Somerset Maugham
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The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.
Terry Pratchett
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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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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 easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.
Mark Twain
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Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.
Stephen King
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Maya Angelou
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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 exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
E.L. Doctorow
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Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
E.B. White
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Write it badly. Write it now. Edit it later.
Unknown
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The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.
Terry Pratchett
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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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The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes.
Agatha Christie
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The act of writing is the act of discovering what you believe.
David Hare
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Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.
Jules Renard
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Writing is thinking on paper.
William Zinsser
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The act of writing is the act of discovering what you believe.
David Hare
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The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes.
Agatha Christie
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You can make anything by writing.
C.S. Lewis
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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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Writing is the supreme solace.
W. Somerset Maugham
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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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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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Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.
Stephen King
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Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.
William Wordsworth
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The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
Gustave Flaubert
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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
Thomas Jefferson
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Writing is a struggle against silence.
Carlos Fuentes
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Writing is the painting of the voice.
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Writing is the supreme solace.
W. Somerset Maugham
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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.
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Write hard and clear about what hurts.
Ernest Hemingway
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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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To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
Aristotle
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