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I don't write literary fiction - I write books that are entertaining, but are also, I hope, well constructed and thoughtful and funny and have things to say about men and women and families and children and life in America today Picture Quote #1

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write Picture Quote #1

I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my travel destinations according to their degree of usefulness to my work Picture Quote #1

I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself Picture Quote #1

There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives Picture Quote #1

I've never written a movie, I'm not in the movie business. I go out to L. A. And I'm like everyone else wandering around in a daze hoping I see movie stars. I write the novels that the movies are based on, and that feels like enough of a job for me Picture Quote #1

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I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that, I started working with my dreams, because I'm not so censored when I use dream material Picture Quote #1

Oh, I will always be honest with my music. The records are black boxes for me. Like if you want to know who I am, my views, my perspective, things I love, things I hate, my convictions, my anthems. I've never let people's opinions affect the way I write Picture Quote #1

I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it Picture Quote #1

We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do Picture Quote #1

There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalism's problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial side of the business, possibly because most people competent to write about journalism are not comfortable writing about finance Picture Quote #1

It's easier to write from my own life, and it's also more fun. I always write about relationships, for instance, whether they're romantic relationships, friendships, encounters. There's always a lesson to be learned from them Picture Quote #1

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For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself Picture Quote #1

Advertising is a business of words, but advertising agencies are infested with men and women who cannot write. They cannot write advertisements, and they cannot write plans. They are helpless as deaf mutes on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera Picture Quote #1

First person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success Picture Quote #1

Never durst poet touch a pen to write until his ink were temp'red with love's sighs; o, then his lines would ravish savage ears and plant in tyrants mild humility Picture Quote #1

I've never had a divorce, but I've seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so I try to write for the people that can't write about it. I take on their sorrow, so I'm able to kind of express it, or their joy Picture Quote #1

Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom Picture Quote #1

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It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do Picture Quote #1

I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you have to just write the songs and then let God into the room and let the music tell you what to do Picture Quote #1

I passed (methought) the melancholy flood, with that sour ferryman which poets write of, unto the kingdom of perpetual night Picture Quote #1

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it Picture Quote #1

God hath blessed you with a good name. To be a well favored man is the gift of fortune, but to write and read comes by nature Picture Quote #1

When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans Picture Quote #1

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I'm conscious of a series of circles working its way through my life. And at this particular moment I have come round to the beginning of my writing cycle. It begins with poetry. There's hardly a day that goes past on which I don't write poetry Picture Quote #1

Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want Picture Quote #1

When you write biographies, whether it's about Ben Franklin or Einstein, you discover something amazing: They are human Picture Quote #1

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market Picture Quote #1

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art Picture Quote #1

I feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other writers' works in a way. Or by popular culture, movies - what else is there to write about than love and loss? Picture Quote #1

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I don't write literary fiction - I write books that are entertaining, but are also, I hope, well constructed and thoughtful and funny and have things to say about men and women and families and children and life in America today (Write Quotes) There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write (Write Quotes) I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my travel destinations according to their degree of usefulness to my work (Write Quotes) I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself (Write Quotes) There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives (Write Quotes) I've never written a movie, I'm not in the movie business. I go out to L. A. And I'm like everyone else wandering around in a daze hoping I see movie stars. I write the novels that the movies are based on, and that feels like enough of a job for me (Write Quotes) I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that, I started working with my dreams, because I'm not so censored when I use dream material (Write Quotes) Oh, I will always be honest with my music. The records are black boxes for me. Like if you want to know who I am, my views, my perspective, things I love, things I hate, my convictions, my anthems. I've never let people's opinions affect the way I write (Write Quotes) I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it (Write Quotes) We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do (Write Quotes) There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalism's problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial side of the business, possibly because most people competent to write about journalism are not comfortable writing about finance (Write Quotes) It's easier to write from my own life, and it's also more fun. I always write about relationships, for instance, whether they're romantic relationships, friendships, encounters. There's always a lesson to be learned from them (Write Quotes) For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself (Write Quotes) Advertising is a business of words, but advertising agencies are infested with men and women who cannot write. They cannot write advertisements, and they cannot write plans. They are helpless as deaf mutes on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera (Write Quotes) First person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success (Write Quotes) Never durst poet touch a pen to write until his ink were temp'red with love's sighs; o, then his lines would ravish savage ears and plant in tyrants mild humility (Write Quotes) I've never had a divorce, but I've seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so I try to write for the people that can't write about it. I take on their sorrow, so I'm able to kind of express it, or their joy (Write Quotes) Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom (Write Quotes) It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do (Write Quotes) I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you have to just write the songs and then let God into the room and let the music tell you what to do (Write Quotes) I passed (methought) the melancholy flood, with that sour ferryman which poets write of, unto the kingdom of perpetual night (Write Quotes) If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it (Write Quotes) God hath blessed you with a good name. To be a well favored man is the gift of fortune, but to write and read comes by nature (Write Quotes) When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans (Write Quotes) I'm conscious of a series of circles working its way through my life. And at this particular moment I have come round to the beginning of my writing cycle. It begins with poetry. There's hardly a day that goes past on which I don't write poetry (Write Quotes) Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want (Write Quotes) When you write biographies, whether it's about Ben Franklin or Einstein, you discover something amazing: They are human (Write Quotes) Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market (Write Quotes) Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art (Write Quotes) I feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other writers' works in a way. Or by popular culture, movies - what else is there to write about than love and loss? (Write Quotes)

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