“I don’t even subscribe to writer’s block being a truthful thing. I’ve had writer’s laziness quite often. But I think it’s all about sitting down and facing down the blank page and doing it, and I’ve always been ok at that.”
— Martin McDonagh
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Highly Critical Eye
“A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye.”
— Bernard Malamud
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Feel & Show
“It’s always a nice feeling, having people think that you feel things much deeper than you’re allowed to say, but this isn’t true. If you want to find out what a writer or a cartoonist really feels, look at his work. That’s enough.”
— Shel Silverstein
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Be Dramatic, Or…
“To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that’s why I just make up crap.”
— Colin Mochrie
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Don’t Leave Books Unfinished
“As far as I’m concerned, I’m a writer who’s writing books, and therefore, I don’t want to die. You’d miss the end of the book wouldn’t you? You can’t die with an unfinished book.”
— Terry Pratchett
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Write Now—More Than Ever
“But I work harder now because I have so much more exposure. And actually the harder you work as a writer, the better you get at it. It’s like anything else. It’s a muscle you have to exercise. I write more now than ever.”
— Ron White
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Risk Being Misunderstood
“A writer who is in a hurry to be understood today or tomorrow runs the danger of being misunderstood the day after tomorrow.”
— Johann Georg Hamann
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Help Young Writers
“You cannot teach creativity – how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be.”
— Mario Vargas Llosa
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Like Being Alone
“And I find – I’m 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn’t diminished any. That’s the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone.”
— John Irving
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Science of Writing
“Faulkner is a writer who has had much to do with my soul, but Hemingway is the one who had the most to do with my craft – not simply for his books, but for his astounding knowledge of the aspect of craftsmanship in the science of writing.”
— Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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