Jane Austen Quotes
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In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
Salman Rushdie -
I would never write a memoir, because it would be too boring.
Harlan Coben -
I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.
Zadie Smith -
I really tend to write in retrospect.
Randy Houser -
I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.'
P. J. O'Rourke -
In my case, I write in the past because I'm not really part of the present. I have nothing valid to say about anything current, though I have something to say about what existed then.
Patrick O'Brian
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
Octavia E. Butler -
I would like to write a movie and, if it wasn't too crazy, also direct.
Tavi Gevinson -
I write romance because I love to read romance.
Rachel Gibson -
I just write mechanical things.
Barry Zito -
If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.
Ted Rall -
People often write after they finish their career, or they don't play anymore, or they are not anymore active. So I say, why do that? And let's do it differently.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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My method is, I just sit down and write a book.
Karen Robards -
If you can write it, I can be it.
Karen Black -
I write to escape; to escape poverty.
Edgar Rice Burroughs -
I never write my stories as a wake-up call as such. I simply explore the kinds of situations that I find personally challenging by placing characters into situations that challenge them in similar ways.
Ted Dekker -
'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
L. E. Modesitt -
I didn't necessarily have a total idea when I was writing the movie of where everything was going. I just wanted to have really realistic dialogue and write like people I knew talked. I tried to keep it very real.
Zach Braff
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I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting.
Rachel Ward -
I think PCs are going to be like trucks. Less people will need them. And this is going to make some people uneasy.
Steve Jobs -
King Fahd was a man of great vision and leadership who inspired his countrymen for a quarter of a century as king. He led Saudi Arabia through a period of unparalleled progress and development.
Tony Blair -
How can you contrive to write so even?
Jane Austen