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Write what you know. Write what you don’t know. But most of all, write what you’d rather not know Picture Quote #1

Mostly, you become a writer not because you want to get rich or famous, but because you have to write; because there is something inside that must come out Picture Quote #1

If you could have a famous writer, dead or alive, write an obituary for you and really puff you up to have been something you weren’t, perhaps, or otherwise take liberties with your memory, what writer would you choose? Picture Quote #1

I’ve never known a writer who didn’t feel ill at ease in the world. We all feel unhoused in some sense. That’s part of why we write. We feel we don’t fit in, that this world is not our world, that though we may move in it, we’re not of it. You don’t need to write a novel if you feel at home in the world Picture Quote #1

I think I am probably in love with silence, that other world. And that I write, in some way, to negotiate seriously with it. Because there is, of course, always the desire, the hope, that they are not two separate worlds, sound and silence, but that they become each other, that only our hearing fails Picture Quote #1

I know it’s a lot of fun for you guys to write a lot of wacky things. Go ahead, if you want to. Get creative. But don’t look too much into it Picture Quote #1

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People get inspired to write, paint, draw, sing, sculpt, dance in many different ways. And there are many types of art. But the one thing that they all have in common is that they are all a sort of magic. Sometimes the magic flows from one’s fingers, other times it is transferred to the person who experiences the result. Magic has always worked in mysterious ways Picture Quote #1

If you want to write, find your splinter. Find the thing that pierces you and won’t let you go Picture Quote #1

Writers shouldn’t fall in love with their characters so much that they lose sight of what they’re trying to accomplish. The idea is to write a whole story, a whole book. A writer has to be able to look at that story and see whether or not a character works, whether or not a character needs further definition Picture Quote #1

Were I to write what I know, the book would be too sensational to print, but were I to write what I think proper, it would be too dull to read Picture Quote #1

It’s always a better choice to write a new book than it is to keep pounding your head against the submissions wall with a book that’s just not happening. The next book you write could be the book, the one that isn’t a fight to get representation for at all Picture Quote #1

It’s always been difficult for me to speak and express my innermost thoughts. I prefer to write. When I sit down and write, words grow very docile, they come and feed out of my hand like little birds, and I can do almost what I want with them; whereas when I try to marshal them in open air, they fly away from me Picture Quote #1

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Here’s what I didn’t know when I was starting out that I now know…I thought when you were starting out it was really hard to write because you hadn’t broken in yet, you hadn’t really hit your stride yet. What I found out paradoxically is that the next script you write doesn’t get easier because you wrote one before…each one gets harder by a factor of 10 Picture Quote #1

I should write a book. I’ve always wanted to write a book. I should write a book about kids who see dead people Picture Quote #1

I like having people with me to lean on and write with and have fun with Picture Quote #1

When I write songs I write for myself... I’m writing it as a form of expression, and hoping to find an audience, an audience that responds to music that is honest and lyrical and tells stories Picture Quote #1

When I write, I don’t have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might reach Picture Quote #1

History is life; he who has not lived, or has lived only enough to write a doctoral dissertation, is too inexperienced with life to write good history Picture Quote #1

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If you want to write you should learn the alphabet. You write and write and in the end you hava a beautiful, perfect alphabet. But it isn’t the alphabed that is important. The important thing is what you are writing, what you are expressing. The same thing goes for photography. Photographs can be technically perfect and even beautiful, but they have no expression Picture Quote #1

Camera lies all the time. It’s all it does is lie, because when you choose this moment instead of this moment, when you… the moment you’ve made a choice, you’re lying about something larger. Lying is an ugly word. I don’t mean lying. But any artist picks and chooses what they want to paint or write about or say. Photographers are the same Picture Quote #1

When you can’t draw chameleons and you can’t draw blenders, it’s a bad idea to write strips where chameleons become blenders Picture Quote #1

That’s what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings Picture Quote #1

I’m a young woman and I’m going to write about what I know Picture Quote #1

To write a song you must have an imagination, to have an imagination you must be free Picture Quote #1

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I’m frequently asked why I don’t write my memoirs. I think I have Picture Quote #1

All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with Picture Quote #1

I’ve never written the things I’d like to write that I’ve admired all my life. Maybe one never does Picture Quote #1

What you have to realize when you write poetry, or if you love poetry, is that poetry is just naturally the greatest God damn thing that ever was in the whole universe Picture Quote #1

You can’t write about stuff you don’t know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Live life to be a good songwriter Picture Quote #1

People no longer write letters. Lacking the leisure, and, for the most part, the ability, they dictate dispatches, and scribble messages. When you are in the humor, you should take a peep at some of the letters written by people who lived long ago Picture Quote #1

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Write what you know. Write what you don’t know. But most of all, write what you’d rather not know (Write Quotes) Mostly, you become a writer not because you want to get rich or famous, but because you have to write; because there is something inside that must come out (Write Quotes) If you could have a famous writer, dead or alive, write an obituary for you and really puff you up to have been something you weren’t, perhaps, or otherwise take liberties with your memory, what writer would you choose? (Write Quotes) I’ve never known a writer who didn’t feel ill at ease in the world. We all feel unhoused in some sense. That’s part of why we write. We feel we don’t fit in, that this world is not our world, that though we may move in it, we’re not of it. You don’t need to write a novel if you feel at home in the world (Write Quotes) I think I am probably in love with silence, that other world. And that I write, in some way, to negotiate seriously with it. Because there is, of course, always the desire, the hope, that they are not two separate worlds, sound and silence, but that they become each other, that only our hearing fails (Write Quotes) I know it’s a lot of fun for you guys to write a lot of wacky things. Go ahead, if you want to. Get creative. But don’t look too much into it (Write Quotes) People get inspired to write, paint, draw, sing, sculpt, dance in many different ways. And there are many types of art. But the one thing that they all have in common is that they are all a sort of magic. Sometimes the magic flows from one’s fingers, other times it is transferred to the person who experiences the result. Magic has always worked in mysterious ways (Write Quotes) If you want to write, find your splinter. Find the thing that pierces you and won’t let you go (Write Quotes) Writers shouldn’t fall in love with their characters so much that they lose sight of what they’re trying to accomplish. The idea is to write a whole story, a whole book. A writer has to be able to look at that story and see whether or not a character works, whether or not a character needs further definition (Write Quotes) Were I to write what I know, the book would be too sensational to print, but were I to write what I think proper, it would be too dull to read (Write Quotes) It’s always a better choice to write a new book than it is to keep pounding your head against the submissions wall with a book that’s just not happening. The next book you write could be the book, the one that isn’t a fight to get representation for at all (Write Quotes) It’s always been difficult for me to speak and express my innermost thoughts. I prefer to write. When I sit down and write, words grow very docile, they come and feed out of my hand like little birds, and I can do almost what I want with them; whereas when I try to marshal them in open air, they fly away from me (Write Quotes) Here’s what I didn’t know when I was starting out that I now know…I thought when you were starting out it was really hard to write because you hadn’t broken in yet, you hadn’t really hit your stride yet. What I found out paradoxically is that the next script you write doesn’t get easier because you wrote one before…each one gets harder by a factor of 10 (Write Quotes) I should write a book. I’ve always wanted to write a book. I should write a book about kids who see dead people (Write Quotes) I like having people with me to lean on and write with and have fun with (Write Quotes) When I write songs I write for myself... I’m writing it as a form of expression, and hoping to find an audience, an audience that responds to music that is honest and lyrical and tells stories (Write Quotes) When I write, I don’t have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might reach (Write Quotes) History is life; he who has not lived, or has lived only enough to write a doctoral dissertation, is too inexperienced with life to write good history (Write Quotes) If you want to write you should learn the alphabet. You write and write and in the end you hava a beautiful, perfect alphabet. But it isn’t the alphabed that is important. The important thing is what you are writing, what you are expressing. The same thing goes for photography. Photographs can be technically perfect and even beautiful, but they have no expression (Write Quotes) Camera lies all the time. It’s all it does is lie, because when you choose this moment instead of this moment, when you… the moment you’ve made a choice, you’re lying about something larger. Lying is an ugly word. I don’t mean lying. But any artist picks and chooses what they want to paint or write about or say. Photographers are the same (Write Quotes) When you can’t draw chameleons and you can’t draw blenders, it’s a bad idea to write strips where chameleons become blenders (Write Quotes) That’s what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings (Write Quotes) I’m a young woman and I’m going to write about what I know (Write Quotes) To write a song you must have an imagination, to have an imagination you must be free (Write Quotes) I’m frequently asked why I don’t write my memoirs. I think I have (Write Quotes) All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with (Write Quotes) I’ve never written the things I’d like to write that I’ve admired all my life. Maybe one never does (Write Quotes) What you have to realize when you write poetry, or if you love poetry, is that poetry is just naturally the greatest God damn thing that ever was in the whole universe (Write Quotes) You can’t write about stuff you don’t know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Live life to be a good songwriter (Write Quotes) People no longer write letters. Lacking the leisure, and, for the most part, the ability, they dictate dispatches, and scribble messages. When you are in the humor, you should take a peep at some of the letters written by people who lived long ago (Write Quotes)

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