Erica Brown Quotes
If our writing is worth anything at all, then we have to put ourselves into it.
Erica Brown
Quotes to Explore
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However far fiction writers stray from their own lives and experiences - and I stray pretty far from mine - I think, ultimately, that we may be writing what we need to write in some way, albeit unconsciously.
Wally Lamb
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I always joke that my kids' favorite holiday is Father's Day. They love the way I celebrate the occasion by writing each of them a thank-you letter and a generous check. It's my way of letting them know how much I appreciate the great pleasure and privilege of being their dad.
Wayne Dyer
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My first seven novels were contemporary spiritual novels, my next nine had strong elements of fantasy, and now I'm writing thrillers, more as a choice to spread my wings than anything. Writers, like good wine, should mature with age.
Ted Dekker
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The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
Abbie Hoffman
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There's sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of comedy. But I do like the idea of being an auteur in the sense of writing and being in your own stuff.
T. J. Miller
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With memoir, you have the clay of your life to work with. When you're writing a novel, you have to make the clay first.
Bill Clegg
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It is from him, from Beolco Ruzzante, that I've learned to free myself from conventional literary writing and to express myself with words that you can chew, with unusual sounds, with various techniques of rhythm and breathing, even with the rambling nonsense-speech of the 'grammelot.'
Dario Fo
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I have always hated machinery, and the only machine I ever understood was a wheelbarrow, and that but imperfectly.
E. T. Bell
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My mother was a children's librarian, and I was raised on lots of English children's literature. It gave me this weird idea that I was English.
Jefferson Mays
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I am a Christian. My husband and I belong to the Episcopal Church.
Sandy Adams
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If our writing is worth anything at all, then we have to put ourselves into it.
Erica Brown
