#out

Generally I finish a first draft in 2-6 months, then I set it aside for a while so that when I come back to it I can read it with fresh eyes and figure out how to improve it. ↗

— Margaret Haddix

#back #come #draft #eyes #figure

It's just so much fun to make up characters, situations, and everything else about a story. I have so much freedom and flexibility to do whatever I want. ↗

— Margaret Haddix

#characters #else #everything #flexibility #freedom

From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#darkness #edge #glimpse #good #good book

I don't remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like being gay. You finally admit that this is who you are, you come out and hope that no one runs away. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#away #become #being #come #decide

I think most writers feel like they're on the outside looking in much of the time. All of us feel, to a certain extent, alienated from the stuff going on around us. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#around #certain #certain extent #extent #feel

Jane Austen was writing about boring people with desperately limited lives. We forget this because we've seen too many of her books on screen. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#austen #because #books #boring #boring people

Most of my work consisted of crossing out. Crossing out was the secret of all good writing. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#crossing #good #good writing #most #out

It used to be that creative music was most of the music that you heard back in the '30s and '40s, and now it's like 3 percent. So, its kind of a struggle getttin' it out there. ↗

— Charlie Haden

#creative #heard #kind #like #most

We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about. ↗

— Charlie Haden

#art #art forms #beauty #bring #difference

When we first started playing we did a lot of rehearsing. We used to write out everything. In fact, that's the way everybody rehearses: we play the tunes and improvise. ↗

— Charlie Haden

#everybody #everything #fact #first #improvise