Quotes with writing

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  • Bruce Greenwood I was thinking about doing another film at the same time, which was the sequel to Basic Instinct and I just had a feeling that wasn't going to happen. You know, I just kind of read the writing on the wall.
    Bruce Greenwood
    Canadian actor and producer (1956 - )
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  • David Foster Wallace I will probably write an hour a day and spend eight hours a day biting my knuckle and worrying about not writing.
    David Foster Wallace
    American author (1962 - 2008)
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  • Francis Quarles I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing.
    Francis Quarles
    British poet (1592 - 1644)
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  • Luigi Pirandello I would love to spend all my time writing to you; I'd love to share with you all that goes through my mind, all that weighs on my heart, all that gives air to my soul; phantoms of art, dreams that would be so beautiful if they could come true.
    Luigi Pirandello
    Italian poet, playwright and Nobel laureate in literature (1934) (1867 - 1936)
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  • Philip Roth I wouldn't mind writing a long book which is going to occupy me for the rest of my life.
    Philip Roth
    American Novelist (1933 - 2018)
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  • Bruce Cockburn I'd always loved poetry and I'd always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadn't thought of putting the two together until around that time.
    Bruce Cockburn
    Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (1945 - )
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  • Barry Hannah I'll tell you why I like writing: it's just jumping into a pool. I get myself into a kind of trance. I engage the world, but it's also wonderful to just escape. I try to find the purities out of the confusion. It's pretty old-fashioned, but it's fun.
    Barry Hannah
    American novelist (1942 - 2010)
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  • Benjamin Clementine I'm actually doing what I like doing, which is mixing opera music and classical music with soul and folk. And I was writing and talking about what I've actually experienced, and I don't think that's very common.
    Benjamin Clementine
    British artist, poet, vocalist, composer, and musician (1988 - )
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  • Betty Wright I'm lyric conscious. I like to tell stories, give advice. Instead of writing a 'Dear Abby' column, I do it on records.
    Betty Wright
    American singer (1953 - 2020)
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  • Bill Mumy I'm narrating the television series Biography. I'm still involved in my music - I have a new album out. I have an animated project in development. I'm writing a lot of things and you never know if one of them is going to become a six or seven year project.
    Bill Mumy
    American actor and musician (1954 - )
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  • Ann Rule I'm publicizing the book that's done. I'm writing the book that's in the hopper, and I'm doing a little advance research on the book to come.
    Ann Rule
    American author of true crime books (0 - 2015)
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  • Anne Tyler I'm too shy for personal appearances, and I've found out that anytime I talk about my writing, I can't do any writing for many weeks afterward.
    Anne Tyler
    American novelist and short story writer (1941 - )
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  • Steven Wright I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.
    Steven Wright
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer (1955 - )
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  • Agatha Christie I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worry and only half the royalties.
    Agatha Christie
    British writer (1890 - 1976)
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  • Buzz Osborne I've been a list maker for years, even before I was a musician. I was always writing things down and kept long lists of things that would make good album titles and things like that. I'm constantly thinking in terms of songwriting.
    Buzz Osborne
    American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter (1964 - )
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  • Bernie Leadon I've been writing songs all along, and since moving to Nashville in the late-'80s, I'd begun writing something like 15-20 songs a year, instead of the typical three or four in previous years.
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  • Alice Walker I've found, in my own writing, that a little hatred, keenly directed, is a useful thing.
    Alice Walker
    American Author, Critic (1944 - 1982)
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  • Armistead Maupin I've included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers.
    Armistead Maupin
    American writer (1944 - )
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  • Ernest Hemingway I've tried to reduce profanity but I reduced so much profanity when writing the book that I'm afraid not much could come out. Perhaps we will have to consider it simply as a profane book and hope that the next book will be less profane or perhaps more sacred.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Barbara W. Tuchman If I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity.
    Barbara W. Tuchman
    American historian (1912 - 1989)
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