#rite

Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want. ↗

— Yann Martel

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I am not an autobiographical writer. ↗

— Yann Martel

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'Life of Pi' was actually a very simple novel to write. ↗

— Yann Martel

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My next book - each one while I'm working on it - dances in my mind and thrills me at every turn. If it didn't, why would I write it? ↗

— Yann Martel

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I'm competitive with anyone who writes a good song - I don't care if it's a band or solo artist or whoever. ↗

— Chris Martin

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As a writer, I've always been interested in others. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

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For me, the work begins with a rough cut of the film. I can't do much with the script. I've tried to write music to a script prior to seeing the film, but I've found it turns out to be a waste of time. ↗

— Cliff Martinez

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In New Mexico, I inherited the largest structural deficit in state history, and our legislature is controlled by Democrats. We don't always agree, but we came together in a bipartisan manner and turned that deficit into a surplus. And we did it without raising taxes. ↗

— Susana Martinez

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It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book, and does. ↗

— Groucho Marx

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