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		Occasionally when I'm procrastinating writing, I'll while away the hours on iTunes. You can just keep going forever and find these bands you'd never normally hear of.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Marisha Pessl 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I had popcorn all over the place, so I decided I might as well be in the Processing Business. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Orville Redenbacher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Writing is my way of expressing - and thereby eliminating - all the various ways we can be wrong-headed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zadie Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was writing 'The Windup Girl' and 'Ship Breaker,' I was writing those simultaneously, so I was an unpublished writer, not really having that full sense that these books would go out in the world, that they would be successful, that there would be an audience and that there would be fans of those stories. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Paolo Bacigalupi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have no interest in writing, directing or producing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ted Shackelford 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You could take away the singing, and I am fine. But don't take away my gift of writing. It is the best way I can relate and express what I am feeling and what I am going through. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				BeBe Winans 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes me forever, it says sarcastically, Walt you contain enough, why don't you let it out then? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walt Whitman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		We all need to focus on our writing. Because the millions of readers out there don't care about your blog. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				J. A. Konrath 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was at a slight disadvantage in that I had never played in bands or done any performances before, and that's just as important as writing, recording, and putting records out. It's been a lot of hard work, balanced with a lot of pinch-myself moments of touring in crazy parts of the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Washed Out 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I associated excellence in writing with New York City. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Garth Risk Hallberg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				W. Somerset Maugham 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have very specific advice for aspiring writers: go to New York. And if you can't go to New York, go to the place that represents New York to you, where the standards for writing are high, there are other people who share your dreams, and where you can talk, talk, talk about your interests. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walter Kirn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Comics is still my first love. But I always did other kinds of writing, too, so I think of myself as a writer first. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Warren Ellis