Quotes
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Every Sentence Matters…
A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: 1. What am I trying to say? 2. What words will express it? 3. What image or idiom will make it clearer? 4. Is this image fresh enough to have an effect? George Orwell
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Becoming the Character You Create…
In order to write the book you want to write, in the end you have to become the person you need to become to write that book. Junot Diaz
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On Universities and Writing…
Everywhere I go I’m asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them. There’s many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. Flannery O’Connor
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What is a story?
A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise. Carlos Ruiz Zafón
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Joss Whedon on Why He Writes…
I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I’m afraid of. Joss Whedon
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On Writing for Children…
You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children. Madeleine L’Engle
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Writers and Reading…
If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that. Stephen King
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The Value of Literature…
Literature is indispensable to the world. The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way a person looks at reality, then you can change it. James Baldwin
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Write the Book You Want to Read…
If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it. Toni Morrison
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