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Writing Quotes

If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies Picture Quote #1

This at least should be a rule through the letter writing world: that no angry letter be posted till four and twenty hours will have elapsed since it was written Picture Quote #1

My story - my own personal story - ended before my writing began. Storytelling has only ever been a way of filling in the time since everything finished Picture Quote #1

That's the best thing about writing, when you're in that zone, you're porous, ready to absorb the solution Picture Quote #1

I think I had actually served my apprenticeship as a writer of fiction by writing all those songs. I had already been through phases of autobiographical or experimental stuff Picture Quote #1

Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual texture of writing through memory Picture Quote #1

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In the old times, women did not get their lives written, though I don't doubt many of them were much better worth writing than the men's Picture Quote #1

The power of fictitious writing, for good as well as for evil, is a thing which ought most seriously to be reflected upon Picture Quote #1

Mere humans who root through their refrigerators at three o'clock in the morning can only produce writing that matches what they do. And that includes me Picture Quote #1

You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you Picture Quote #1

I can remember being home from school with tonsillitis and writing stories in bed to pass the time Picture Quote #1

Every writer has his writing technique - what he can and can't do to describe something like war or history. I'm not good at writing about those things, but I try because I feel it is necessary to write that kind of thing Picture Quote #1

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I was in enough to get along with people. I was never socially inarticulate. Not a loner. And that saved my life, saved my sanity. That and the writing. But to this day I distrust anybody who thought school was a good time. Anybody Picture Quote #1

Like anything else that happens on its own, the act of writing is beyond currency. Money is great stuff to have, but when it comes to the act of creation, the best thing is not to think of money too much. It constipates the whole process Picture Quote #1

I started writing when I had three kids under the age of 4. I used to write every ten minutes I got to sit in front of a computer. Now, when I have more time, I function the same way: if it's writing time, I write Picture Quote #1

Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort Picture Quote #1

The act of writing. Is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think that's the same experience the reader has when they pick up one of my books Picture Quote #1

What's funny about that is when I was writing Twilight just for myself and not thinking of it as a book, I was not thinking about publishing, and yet at the same time I was casting it in my head. Because when I read books, I see them very visually Picture Quote #1

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Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them Picture Quote #1

Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars Picture Quote #1

It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it Picture Quote #1

As a teacher at Princeton, I'm surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my time. And I don't really think of it as work writing a novel, in one sense, is a problem solving exercise Picture Quote #1

For that reason you can't write with music playing, and anyone who says he can is either writing badly, or not listening to the music, or lying. You need to hear what you're writing, and for that you need silence Picture Quote #1

There is still the feeling that women's writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge Picture Quote #1

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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance Picture Quote #1

I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me Picture Quote #1

Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity Picture Quote #1

Fairness forces you - even when you're writing a piece highly critical of, say, genetically modified food, as I have done - to make sure you represent the other side as extensively and as accurately as you possibly can Picture Quote #1

I don't remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like being gay. You finally admit that this is who you are, you come out and hope that no one runs away Picture Quote #1

When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more Picture Quote #1

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If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies (Writing Quotes) This at least should be a rule through the letter writing world: that no angry letter be posted till four and twenty hours will have elapsed since it was written (Writing Quotes) My story - my own personal story - ended before my writing began. Storytelling has only ever been a way of filling in the time since everything finished (Writing Quotes) That's the best thing about writing, when you're in that zone, you're porous, ready to absorb the solution (Writing Quotes) I think I had actually served my apprenticeship as a writer of fiction by writing all those songs. I had already been through phases of autobiographical or experimental stuff (Writing Quotes) Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual texture of writing through memory (Writing Quotes) In the old times, women did not get their lives written, though I don't doubt many of them were much better worth writing than the men's (Writing Quotes) The power of fictitious writing, for good as well as for evil, is a thing which ought most seriously to be reflected upon (Writing Quotes) Mere humans who root through their refrigerators at three o'clock in the morning can only produce writing that matches what they do. And that includes me (Writing Quotes) You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you (Writing Quotes) I can remember being home from school with tonsillitis and writing stories in bed to pass the time (Writing Quotes) Every writer has his writing technique - what he can and can't do to describe something like war or history. I'm not good at writing about those things, but I try because I feel it is necessary to write that kind of thing (Writing Quotes) I was in enough to get along with people. I was never socially inarticulate. Not a loner. And that saved my life, saved my sanity. That and the writing. But to this day I distrust anybody who thought school was a good time. Anybody (Writing Quotes) Like anything else that happens on its own, the act of writing is beyond currency. Money is great stuff to have, but when it comes to the act of creation, the best thing is not to think of money too much. It constipates the whole process (Writing Quotes) I started writing when I had three kids under the age of 4. I used to write every ten minutes I got to sit in front of a computer. Now, when I have more time, I function the same way: if it's writing time, I write (Writing Quotes) Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort (Writing Quotes) The act of writing. Is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think that's the same experience the reader has when they pick up one of my books (Writing Quotes) What's funny about that is when I was writing Twilight just for myself and not thinking of it as a book, I was not thinking about publishing, and yet at the same time I was casting it in my head. Because when I read books, I see them very visually (Writing Quotes) Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them (Writing Quotes) Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars (Writing Quotes) It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it (Writing Quotes) As a teacher at Princeton, I'm surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my time. And I don't really think of it as work writing a novel, in one sense, is a problem solving exercise (Writing Quotes) For that reason you can't write with music playing, and anyone who says he can is either writing badly, or not listening to the music, or lying. You need to hear what you're writing, and for that you need silence (Writing Quotes) There is still the feeling that women's writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge (Writing Quotes) True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance (Writing Quotes) I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me (Writing Quotes) Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity (Writing Quotes) Fairness forces you - even when you're writing a piece highly critical of, say, genetically modified food, as I have done - to make sure you represent the other side as extensively and as accurately as you possibly can (Writing Quotes) I don't remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like being gay. You finally admit that this is who you are, you come out and hope that no one runs away (Writing Quotes) When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more (Writing Quotes)

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