“The profession of the writer has its thorns about which the reader does not dream.”
— Henryk Sienkiewicz
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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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Highly Critical Eye
“A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye.”
— Bernard Malamud
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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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Homework Every Night
“Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life.”
— Lawrence Kasdan
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