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“The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.”
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“Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.”
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“Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.”
Gene Fowler quotes (American journalist and biographer, 1890-1960)
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“I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.”
Joan Didion quotes (American Journalist and Novelist, b.1934)
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“Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.”
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“You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.”
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“One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds.”
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“Every writer I know has trouble writing.”
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“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”
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“Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.”
Moliere quotes (French Actor, Playwright and Writer the greatest of all writers of French comedy, 1622-1673)
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“The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough”
William Saroyan quotes (American Writer known for his stories celebrating the joy of living in spite of poverty. 1908-1981)
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