“To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.”
— Johann von Goethe
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Profession of Writer
“The profession of the writer has its thorns about which the reader does not dream.”
— Henryk Sienkiewicz
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Social Skills of a Writer…?
“You know you lose a lot of social skills if you’re a writer. You spend too long alone. And its forced me to address that.”
— Anthony Minghella
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Mined My Soul
“It’s not that I bounce ideas off of my children as much as it is that having children has had a profound effect on the way I see the world. They have mined my soul. They’ve made me a better person and therefore a more empathetic writer.”
— Julianna Baggott
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Beginning-Writer’s Misfortune
“A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has the misfortune of getting into print.”
— Marguerite Yourcenar
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Reason Your Arsenal
“Reason is a fine thing, but it is not the only thing available to a writer. It’s just part of the arsenal of many things available to a storyteller. Revelation, for example.”
— Mark Helprin
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Advice to a Writer
“I never know how to give advice to a writer because there’s so much you could say, and it’s hard to translate your own experience. But of course, I always try. The main thing that I usually end up saying is to read a lot. To read a great deal and to learn from that.”
— Sue Monk Kidd
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What Works For You
“Most important of all, there is no right or wrong way to write – there’s only what works for you. I was taught to write every day, but I know a writer (a bestseller at that!) who only writes on weekends.”
— Tamora Pierce
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Make A Writer…
“Two wrongs may not make a right, but a thousand wrongs make a writer.”
— Dennis Miller
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Late-Night Absurdity
“You know, I always was an early morning or late night writer. Early morning was my favorite; late night was because you had a deadline. And at four in the morning you make up some of your most absurd jokes.”
— Joss Whedon
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