Jane Austen Quotes
I wrote without much effort; for I was rich, and the rich are always respectable, whatever be their style of writing.
Quotes to Explore
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The beauty of 'The Hunger Games' and also 'Game of Thrones,' in fairness, both projects have really complex, three-dimensional, contradictory, strong women... The writing of female characters is extraordinary and equal to the men.
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I'm more for the style than the brand. I don't go brand shopping; I go detail shopping.
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They say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could write unlimited 'first chapters'. I have indeed written many.
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We're more interested in someone writing a really great answer that's going to be read by thousands or tens of thousands of people over the next few years as it stays on Quora and as it gets distributed on the Internet.
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No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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When you're writing a book, you don't really think about it critically. You don't want to know too well what you're doing. First, you write the book, then you find the justification for it.
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I like writing about biology, not doing it.
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Write every day; never give up; it's supposed to be difficult; try to find some pleasure and reward in the act of writing, because you can't look for praise from editors, readers, or critics. In other words, tips that are much easier to give than to take.
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If your writing collides with the conventional wisdom, there's going to be some kind of friction.
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I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.
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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.'
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I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play instruments. I'm not a good singer. So even when you see a solo album of mine, it's still a collaboration.
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Writing is a solitary journey, so I am always excited to go out on book tour and meet readers one-on-one.
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In high school, I was doing my magazine 'Rookie' and a lot of writing, and I became a little less interested in the fashion world. I was approached by an agent for writing, and I said I wanted to act as well. They sent me scripts, and then I got my first Broadway play, 'This Is Our Youth'.
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I'm quite adept at writing two or sometimes even three stories at once. So if I get stuck on one story, I switch the next and let my subconscious work on unraveling any plot problems from another story.
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Writing is a form of licensed madness.
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It's just my aesthetic: to want to feel a bit undone, effortless but not without style.
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Life is about timing.
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Darryl Strawberry has been voted to the Hall of Fame five years in a row.
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Foreign policy is all about a universe of bad decisions, imperfect decisions; every situation is different. The dynamics, the atmospherics, the people, the pressures, the geopolitical realities shift.
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The number of fighters that are ISIS fighters wouldn't fill up most American football stadiums. This is not a large group of individuals, but they're tenacious, and they rule with absolute terror.
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One of the general morals of this story is that if you have to take some risks, it is often better to do so as quickly as possible.
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I wrote without much effort; for I was rich, and the rich are always respectable, whatever be their style of writing.
