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Very often we write down a sentence too early, then another too late; what we have to do is write it down at the proper time, otherwise it’s lost Picture Quote #1

People one doesn’t care for, even dislike, make most of us feel uneasy when they appeal against their sentence Picture Quote #1

Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts Picture Quote #1

All questions of process require an answer that begins with a very important sentence, and the sentence is: ‘Everybody is different.’ Whatever way of working you name - methodical, haphazard, gets up early in the morning, sleeps all day, works at night, revises immensely, never revises at all - someone has made great work with that way Picture Quote #1

The real difference between literature and pulp is the kind of emotional responses they elicit. Dan Brown can’t pierce your heart. Patricia Cornwell can’t make you read a sentence twice and then look sightlessly out of the window Picture Quote #1

Can one end anything? A chapter, a paragraph, a sentence even? Doesn’t everything one has ever done go on living in spite of subsequent events? Picture Quote #1

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I used to enjoy using dots where they would be least expected, not at the end of a sentence but in the middle, creating the effect... of a skipped beat. It seemed to me the mind reacted - first!... in dots, dashes, and exclamation points, then rationalized, drew up a brief, with periods Picture Quote #1

I am’ is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that ‘I do’ is the longest sentence? Picture Quote #1

I huff and puff and struggle with every sentence, paragraph and page - sometimes every word as well Picture Quote #1

Well we took it apart scene by scene. We examined every sentence, every full stop, every comma. He has a most wonderful eye for detail, Roman, and you know, he’s a very good artist Picture Quote #1

I much preferred Latin to Greek. I loved the language being such a pattern that you could not shift a word without the whole sentence falling to pieces Picture Quote #1

String several words together in a sentence and you have a language necklace. My I love you would look great with your favorite red dress Picture Quote #1

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Detachment produces a peculiar state of mind. Maybe that’s the worst sentence of all, to be deprived of feeling what a human being ought to be entitled to feel Picture Quote #1

I’ve written books that have taken me fifteen years, from first sentence to last, and some that only take three or four months Picture Quote #1

I like bringing poetry’s focus on figurative language and compression into the essay. Of course, the musical properties of language, the cadence of the sentence, are really important to me in prose Picture Quote #1

Once I start writing, I am a huge reviser. To me writing is revising. I probably turn over every sentence that I write, to see if I have the rhythm right. That’s why my first drafts take a really long time Picture Quote #1

My daughter’s first sentence was, ‘Dada no hair.’ And I was, like, ‘No Jasmine, Dada does have hair, Dada just shaves his head.’ Picture Quote #1

Writing is rewriting; rewriting is writing - from the first crossed-out word in the first sentence to the last word inserted above a caret, that most helpful handwritten stroke Picture Quote #1

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What’s so hard about that first sentence is that you’re stuck with it. Everything else is going to flow out of that sentence. And by the time you’ve laid down the first two sentences, your options are all gone Picture Quote #1

They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one’s behind me, anyway Picture Quote #1

I’m trying hard not to use a specific reference, but you’ll probably know it’s you after the first sentence Picture Quote #1

The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human Picture Quote #1

If you don’t hit a newspaper reader between the eyes with your first sentence, there is no need of writing a second one Picture Quote #1

The category of first sentence makes sense only if it is looking forward to the development of thematic concerns it perhaps only dimly foreshadows Picture Quote #1

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I was on my bus, and on my bus I have a yoga swing. Jennifes comes on, and she goes, ‘ Hi, Woody, I’m J--- is that a sex swing?’ Her first sentence to me Picture Quote #1

Know the story before you fall in love with your first sentence. If you don’t know the story before you begin the story, what kind of a storyteller are you? Just an ordinary kind, just a mediocre kind Â” making it up as you go along, like a common liar Picture Quote #1

When I die, if the word ‘thong’ appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I’ve screwed up Picture Quote #1

I try and get it right the first time. I may rewrite a sentence four or five times, but I rarely go back and kill a whole page and rewrite it Picture Quote #1

When I sat down and wrote the first paragraph, I was like, ‘Oh, I can go with this.’ I didn’t do an outline. I didn’t do anything. I just wrote sentence by sentence, not knowing where the story was going Picture Quote #1

The first draft of everything, I write longhand. One of the nice things about that is that it makes you keep going. If you write a bad sentence on the computer, then it’s very tempting to go back and fidget with it and spend another 20 minutes trying to make it into a good sentence Picture Quote #1

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Very often we write down a sentence too early, then another too late; what we have to do is write it down at the proper time, otherwise it’s lost. (Sentence Quotes) People one doesn’t care for, even dislike, make most of us feel uneasy when they appeal against their sentence. (Sentence Quotes) Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. (Sentence Quotes) All questions of process require an answer that begins with a very important sentence, and the sentence is: ‘Everybody is different.’ Whatever way of working you name - methodical, haphazard, gets up early in the morning, sleeps all day, works at night, revises immensely, never revises at all - someone has made great work with that way. (Sentence Quotes) The real difference between literature and pulp is the kind of emotional responses they elicit. Dan Brown can’t pierce your heart. Patricia Cornwell can’t make you read a sentence twice and then look sightlessly out of the window. (Sentence Quotes) Can one end anything? A chapter, a paragraph, a sentence even? Doesn’t everything one has ever done go on living in spite of subsequent events? (Sentence Quotes) I used to enjoy using dots where they would be least expected, not at the end of a sentence but in the middle, creating the effect... of a skipped beat. It seemed to me the mind reacted - first!... in dots, dashes, and exclamation points, then rationalized, drew up a brief, with periods. (Sentence Quotes) I am’ is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that ‘I do’ is the longest sentence? (Sentence Quotes) I huff and puff and struggle with every sentence, paragraph and page - sometimes every word as well. (Sentence Quotes) Well we took it apart scene by scene. We examined every sentence, every full stop, every comma. He has a most wonderful eye for detail, Roman, and you know, he’s a very good artist. (Sentence Quotes) I much preferred Latin to Greek. I loved the language being such a pattern that you could not shift a word without the whole sentence falling to pieces. (Sentence Quotes) String several words together in a sentence and you have a language necklace. My I love you would look great with your favorite red dress. (Sentence Quotes) Detachment produces a peculiar state of mind. Maybe that’s the worst sentence of all, to be deprived of feeling what a human being ought to be entitled to feel. (Sentence Quotes) I’ve written books that have taken me fifteen years, from first sentence to last, and some that only take three or four months. (Sentence Quotes) I like bringing poetry’s focus on figurative language and compression into the essay. Of course, the musical properties of language, the cadence of the sentence, are really important to me in prose. (Sentence Quotes) Once I start writing, I am a huge reviser. To me writing is revising. I probably turn over every sentence that I write, to see if I have the rhythm right. That’s why my first drafts take a really long time. (Sentence Quotes) My daughter’s first sentence was, ‘Dada no hair.’ And I was, like, ‘No Jasmine, Dada does have hair, Dada just shaves his head.’ (Sentence Quotes) Writing is rewriting; rewriting is writing - from the first crossed-out word in the first sentence to the last word inserted above a caret, that most helpful handwritten stroke. (Sentence Quotes) What’s so hard about that first sentence is that you’re stuck with it. Everything else is going to flow out of that sentence. And by the time you’ve laid down the first two sentences, your options are all gone. (Sentence Quotes) They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one’s behind me, anyway. (Sentence Quotes) I’m trying hard not to use a specific reference, but you’ll probably know it’s you after the first sentence. (Sentence Quotes) The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. (Sentence Quotes) If you don’t hit a newspaper reader between the eyes with your first sentence, there is no need of writing a second one. (Sentence Quotes) The category of first sentence makes sense only if it is looking forward to the development of thematic concerns it perhaps only dimly foreshadows. (Sentence Quotes) I was on my bus, and on my bus I have a yoga swing. Jennifes comes on, and she goes, ‘ Hi, Woody, I’m J--- is that a sex swing?’ Her first sentence to me. (Sentence Quotes) Know the story before you fall in love with your first sentence. If you don’t know the story before you begin the story, what kind of a storyteller are you? Just an ordinary kind, just a mediocre kind Â” making it up as you go along, like a common liar. (Sentence Quotes) When I die, if the word ‘thong’ appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I’ve screwed up. (Sentence Quotes) I try and get it right the first time. I may rewrite a sentence four or five times, but I rarely go back and kill a whole page and rewrite it. (Sentence Quotes) When I sat down and wrote the first paragraph, I was like, ‘Oh, I can go with this.’ I didn’t do an outline. I didn’t do anything. I just wrote sentence by sentence, not knowing where the story was going. (Sentence Quotes) The first draft of everything, I write longhand. One of the nice things about that is that it makes you keep going. If you write a bad sentence on the computer, then it’s very tempting to go back and fidget with it and spend another 20 minutes trying to make it into a good sentence. (Sentence Quotes)

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