#rite

Writing children's books gives a writer a very strong sense of narrative drive. ↗

— Helen Dunmore

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I'll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor. ↗

— Matthew Vaughn

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I'm lucky; people write scripts for me. ↗

— Catherine Deneuve

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We must begin to make what I call "conscious choices," and to really recognize that we are the same. It's from that place in my heart that I write my songs. ↗

— John Denver

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I didn't want to repeat my mistakes so I stopped, took some time out and started having therapy. My songs were bringing up feelings inside of me I didn't really understand, so I wanted to understand where they were coming from to help me be a better person and a better songwriter. ↗

— Neil Diamond

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Song Sung Blue took a lot of compressing and refining, and it has one of my favorite lyrics. ↗

— Neil Diamond

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You can't plan to write a great song. It just happens to you. It drops in your lap. It's the same thing with a woman. ↗

— Neil Diamond

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Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't talk about science, because our knowledge of it is limited and unofficial, and usually our fiction is dreadful. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

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It is always easier to write from the heart and deal with things in the present. ↗

— Keifer Thompson

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Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

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