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		Writing is like any other sort of sport. In order for you to get better at it, you have to exercise the muscle.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
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		Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
	
	  LaToya Jackson LaToya Jackson
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		I am lucky, I don't have aches and pains. I do Pilates regularly, which is a series of stretching exercises, and I recommend it to anyone of my age because the temptation is not to exercise when you get older. Well, you should.
	
	  Ian Mckellen Ian Mckellen
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		My highest point was the first thing I won, a short story competition in a women's magazine in the Eighties. It was the first time I'd had my writing validated, and the first thing I'd ever shown anyone else.
	
	  Kate Atkinson Kate Atkinson
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		People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'
	
	  Eddie Vedder
			
			
				Pearl Jam Eddie Vedder
			
			
				Pearl Jam
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		I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.
	
	  J. A. Jance J. A. Jance
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		Personal relationships are usually my biggest inspirations for writing my songs. The best way for me to write a song is to visualise the story in my head, and I start humming a melody, and before you know it, a song is born.
	
	  Nadia Ali Nadia Ali
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		The morning is always my best time of the day for writing because that's when my head is best.
	
	  Zoe Foster Blake Zoe Foster Blake
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		Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.
	
	  E. L. Doctorow E. L. Doctorow
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		Whether you want to entertain or to provoke, to break hearts or reassure them, what you bring to your writing must consist of your longings and disappointments.
	
	  Rafael Yglesias Rafael Yglesias
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		I spent a lot of time doing really unimportant work as an actor. It was important when I started writing that I obviously make it entertaining, or no one is going to go see it - but to really make you think, that is my goal.
	
	  Taylor Sheridan Taylor Sheridan
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		Our job as friends, mentors, parents, and writing coaches is not to write anyone's college essay. That's cheating. Plus, it sends a discouraging message to the teenager that he or she can't be trusted with this important assignment. Trust the student to write the essay, but verify that it gets done. Gentle editing and proofreading are allowed.
	
	  Kate Klise Kate Klise
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		The hardest thing about writing my second album is that I had 20 years to write my first album.
	
	  Halsey Halsey