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If to live is to progress, if you are lucky, from foolishness to wisdom, then to write novels is to broadcast the various stages of your foolishness Picture Quote #1

If you want to write something of length, however modern and radical, you must live the life of an elderly gentleman of the 1950s Picture Quote #1

I write my books in my head, and not in a specific study with a view. The view is from my inner eyes Picture Quote #1

Write for yourself, not for a perceived audience. If you do, you’ll mostly fall flat on your face, because it’s impossible to judge what people want. And you have to read. That’s how you learn what is good writing and what is bad. Then the main thing is application. It’s hard work Picture Quote #1

If I write for myself, I write a song and I bring in the musicians that are best suited to play it. There’s a freedom there Picture Quote #1

My past is very interesting, and I treasure it, but to write about it, it’s just not on my radar Picture Quote #1

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I’ve been approached many times to write all sorts of books about my past and my personal life. I get interest from people who want to do reality shows, and somebody just offered me a huge amount of money to write my spiritual memoirs. I’m just not interested Picture Quote #1

You know, I feel like my job is to write a book. Then filmmakers come and they make a movie. And they’re two really different art forms Picture Quote #1

To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I’ve always known where it will end Picture Quote #1

As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don’t want to write about anybody I don’t care about Picture Quote #1

The skating community is very fickle. And with me, they’re especially fickle for whatever reason. Maybe I bring it on myself, but if you don’t prove yourself and you don’t skate consistently, then they can very easily write you off and bring somebody from behind you and put them in your place Picture Quote #1

I can write songs, I’ve had songs in movies, but I can’t compose film scores, you know? Picture Quote #1

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If you’re going to write a song, try to get together with a collaborator because it’s better to write with collaborators Picture Quote #1

If you want to lose 40 pounds, you order salad instead of fries. If you want to be a better friend, you take the phone call instead of screening it. If you want to write a novel, you sit down and write a single paragraph. It’s scary to make major changes, but we usually have enough courage to take the next right step Picture Quote #1

When you write a book, you are asking someone to make an investment in their time and money. A column can come and go as the weeks pass, but a book needs to be timeless Picture Quote #1

I could go off into the wilderness and write fantasy novels for the rest of my life and probably be happy; but I always want to challenge myself Picture Quote #1

I want to prove that if you write in strict meter and rhyme about subjects people care about, they will buy poetry Picture Quote #1

I don’t think that you can write music if you don’t know how to play an instrument. You have to know the basics, then you can go forward Picture Quote #1

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I think about my films for a long time, maybe years, but I write them in days Picture Quote #1

It’s kind of astonishing that people trust strangers because of words they write on computer screens Picture Quote #1

By the time you get a job, you know how to behave in a meeting or how to write a simple memo Picture Quote #1

What I would not like is to be ignored. I write from the heart. I don’t write for me. I write for my readers Picture Quote #1

Writing was my route to creative expression, and I needed to write about the things that interested me Picture Quote #1

I want my writing to reach people. I don’t write for a market. I write from my heart, something that appeals to me. The marketing, segmenting etc., can be done by your publisher, not you Picture Quote #1

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I write with a sort of grim determination to deal with things that are hidden and difficult, and this means, I think, that pleasure is out of the question. I would associate this with narcissism anyway, and I would disapprove of it Picture Quote #1

I have to write a first draft with a fountain pen before I type it up as a second Picture Quote #1

I am violently untidy. My desk is overcrowded. I write my first drafts in longhand in a long notebook using a plastic throwaway fountain pen. Then I work on a word processor using a different desk and a different room Picture Quote #1

I am simply of the opinion that you cannot be taught to write. You have to spend a lifetime in love with words Picture Quote #1

No, women like you don’t write. They carve onion sculptures and potato statues. They sit in dark corners and braid their hair in new shapes and twists in order to control the stiffness, the unruliness, the rebelliousness Picture Quote #1

I was starting to wonder if I was ready to be a writer, not someone who won prizes, got published and was given the time and space to work, but someone who wrote as a course of life. Maybe writing wouldn’t have any rewards. Maybe the salvation I would gain through work would only be emotional and intellectual. Wouldn’t that be enough, to be a waitress who found an hour or two hidden in every day to write? Picture Quote #1

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If to live is to progress, if you are lucky, from foolishness to wisdom, then to write novels is to broadcast the various stages of your foolishness (Write Quotes) If you want to write something of length, however modern and radical, you must live the life of an elderly gentleman of the 1950s (Write Quotes) I write my books in my head, and not in a specific study with a view. The view is from my inner eyes (Write Quotes) Write for yourself, not for a perceived audience. If you do, you’ll mostly fall flat on your face, because it’s impossible to judge what people want. And you have to read. That’s how you learn what is good writing and what is bad. Then the main thing is application. It’s hard work (Write Quotes) If I write for myself, I write a song and I bring in the musicians that are best suited to play it. There’s a freedom there (Write Quotes) My past is very interesting, and I treasure it, but to write about it, it’s just not on my radar (Write Quotes) I’ve been approached many times to write all sorts of books about my past and my personal life. I get interest from people who want to do reality shows, and somebody just offered me a huge amount of money to write my spiritual memoirs. I’m just not interested (Write Quotes) You know, I feel like my job is to write a book. Then filmmakers come and they make a movie. And they’re two really different art forms (Write Quotes) To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I’ve always known where it will end (Write Quotes) As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don’t want to write about anybody I don’t care about (Write Quotes) The skating community is very fickle. And with me, they’re especially fickle for whatever reason. Maybe I bring it on myself, but if you don’t prove yourself and you don’t skate consistently, then they can very easily write you off and bring somebody from behind you and put them in your place (Write Quotes) I can write songs, I’ve had songs in movies, but I can’t compose film scores, you know? (Write Quotes) If you’re going to write a song, try to get together with a collaborator because it’s better to write with collaborators (Write Quotes) If you want to lose 40 pounds, you order salad instead of fries. If you want to be a better friend, you take the phone call instead of screening it. If you want to write a novel, you sit down and write a single paragraph. It’s scary to make major changes, but we usually have enough courage to take the next right step (Write Quotes) When you write a book, you are asking someone to make an investment in their time and money. A column can come and go as the weeks pass, but a book needs to be timeless (Write Quotes) I could go off into the wilderness and write fantasy novels for the rest of my life and probably be happy; but I always want to challenge myself (Write Quotes) I want to prove that if you write in strict meter and rhyme about subjects people care about, they will buy poetry (Write Quotes) I don’t think that you can write music if you don’t know how to play an instrument. You have to know the basics, then you can go forward (Write Quotes) I think about my films for a long time, maybe years, but I write them in days (Write Quotes) It’s kind of astonishing that people trust strangers because of words they write on computer screens (Write Quotes) By the time you get a job, you know how to behave in a meeting or how to write a simple memo (Write Quotes) What I would not like is to be ignored. I write from the heart. I don’t write for me. I write for my readers (Write Quotes) Writing was my route to creative expression, and I needed to write about the things that interested me (Write Quotes) I want my writing to reach people. I don’t write for a market. I write from my heart, something that appeals to me. The marketing, segmenting etc., can be done by your publisher, not you (Write Quotes) I write with a sort of grim determination to deal with things that are hidden and difficult, and this means, I think, that pleasure is out of the question. I would associate this with narcissism anyway, and I would disapprove of it (Write Quotes) I have to write a first draft with a fountain pen before I type it up as a second (Write Quotes) I am violently untidy. My desk is overcrowded. I write my first drafts in longhand in a long notebook using a plastic throwaway fountain pen. Then I work on a word processor using a different desk and a different room (Write Quotes) I am simply of the opinion that you cannot be taught to write. You have to spend a lifetime in love with words (Write Quotes) No, women like you don’t write. They carve onion sculptures and potato statues. They sit in dark corners and braid their hair in new shapes and twists in order to control the stiffness, the unruliness, the rebelliousness (Write Quotes) I was starting to wonder if I was ready to be a writer, not someone who won prizes, got published and was given the time and space to work, but someone who wrote as a course of life. Maybe writing wouldn’t have any rewards. Maybe the salvation I would gain through work would only be emotional and intellectual. Wouldn’t that be enough, to be a waitress who found an hour or two hidden in every day to write? (Write Quotes)

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