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I had been writing for about twelve years. I knew pretty well how you could find things out, but I h... 
In twenty years I've never had a day when I didn't have to think about someone else's needs. And thi... 
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Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scen... 
The hardest thing about writing my second album is that I had 20 years to write my first album. 
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In the East, fames are won.
The consolation of an imaginary thing is still a real consolation. 
I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, e... 
In 1998, Vanity Fair asked me to write a big piece for them on the 50th anniversary of the New York ... 
If it's about what I like, I like opera as a music and deathstep and dubstep. 
I wrote about a bird that cleaned a crocodile's teeth. The story was so good that my teacher cou... 
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I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it. 
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It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up, because... 
It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because ... 
I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I... 
I've been writing fiction probably since I was about 6 years old, so it's something that is ... 
I write about heartbreak because I like writing about sad things, but I'm writing happy songs, t... 
One of the few ways I can almost be certain I'll understand something is by sitting down and writing... 
I wanted to write about the idea of a multi-generational household because Americans don't live like... 
My dad was part of the Oriole way. I think he was there 14 years in the minor leagues; I think seven... 
Writing became an obsessive compulsive habit but I had almost no money so I thought about being an u... 
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I like to write about painting because I think visually. I see my writing as blocks of color before ... 
I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining i... 
He never seemed to get tired. Always first up and ready to move on. Never afraid of what lay ahead. 
When I worked on a magazine, I learned that there are many, many writers writing that can't writ... 
O'Casey was writing about people in the streets and his mother and dying babies and poverty. So ... 
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I remember reading somewhere about an organization called Procrastinators Anonymous. I think they ha... 
Beyond just writing about falling in love and out of love and wanting to do certain things and going... 
I had to make a living, so I got happily diverted into writing about expeditions and adventures. 
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There's something magical about film, it's the ultimate for me, because it's kind of per... 
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I keep thinking about blood, I dream about it. Wake up thinking about it. Pretty soon I'll be writin... 
I've had trouble being in relationships and writing. This has been a real problem for me. I don&... 
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