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		I never thought about doing a sequel when I was actually writing 'The Magicians.' I only ever considered it a standalone.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
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		I've always written songs that were confessional, acoustic, wordy - my writing style matches my personality. The music always has to match the mouth it comes out of.
	
	  Camila Cabello
			
			
				Fifth Harmony Camila Cabello
			
			
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		I like writing flawed women, and being one, it's something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority.
	
	  Callie Khouri Callie Khouri
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		One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
	
	  Harrison Birtwistle Harrison Birtwistle
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		You sit at your computer for hours, then slave away at your job that you may or may not like. You don't know how to explain to them that the time when you feel alive or present is when you are writing.
	
	  Karen Bender Karen Bender
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		I wasn't one of those kids who grew up wanting to write or who read a particular book and thought: 'I want to do that!' I always told stories and wrote them down, but I never thought writing was a career path, even though, clearly, someone was writing the books and newspapers and magazines.
	
	  Gayle Forman Gayle Forman
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		I can ask for a £25,000 advance, but then you spend a year writing the book, and £25,000 is a loan against sales, and you can easily spend five years earning out. So that's £25,000 for six years.
	
	  Mal Peet Mal Peet
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		Octavia Butler often described herself as an outsider, but within science fiction, she was loved as an insider, someone who was a fan first and came to S.F. writing as an enthusiastic reader.
	
	  Karen Joy Fowler Karen Joy Fowler
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		I'm so convinced that hiking helps my writing that I recently decided to offer a series of hiking-writing workshops to see if others had the same experience.
	
	  Kate Klise Kate Klise
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		As an actor, we always want people to write about us and talk about us. And when they are actually writing, then we say, 'Don't write about this.' I am an actor; I am a public property. I don't own myself; public owns me.
	
	  Ranbir Kapoor Ranbir Kapoor
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		In terms of writing about horses, I fell backwards into that. I was intent on getting a Ph.D., becoming a professor, and writing on history but I got sick 14 years ago when I was 19. Getting sick derailed that plan completely.
	
	  Laura Hillenbrand Laura Hillenbrand
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		Music has always been a huge passion in my life. I've just had such success with my acting that it's really been right alongside of it, and I've always been writing and playing and singing.
	
	  Olivia d'Abo Olivia d'Abo
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		I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put my name to as a composer.
	
	  Gavin Bryars Gavin Bryars