#rite

My theory about why Hemingway killed himself is that he heard his own voice; that he reached the point where he couldn't write without feeling he was repeating himself. That's the worst thing that can happen to a writer. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#feeling #happen #heard #hemingway #himself

But then of course you reach a point where you have to say, I've got to figure out how this book's going to end. Otherwise, you're going to write yourself into so many dead-ends. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#course #end #figure #going #got

Travel definitely affects me as a writer. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#definitely #me #travel #writer

You don't say, I'm going to be a writer when I grow up - at least I didn't. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#grow #grow up #i #least #say

I got a call from the Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah had chosen Spanx as one of her favorite products in 2000. I had boxes of product in my apartment and I had two weeks notice that she was going to say she loved it on TV and I had no shipping department. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#boxes #call #chosen #department #favorite

One favourite find of mine has to be a 1980s black dinner jacket that I wear as a dress. ↗

— Lily Donaldson

#dinner #dress #favourite #find #i

A lot of actors get concerned about their own image, even going so far as to rewrite a movie to best serve that image. All I want to do is be in good movies. ↗

— Michael Douglas

#best #concerned #even #far #get

People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I found that immensely valuable. ↗

— Rita Dove

#country #even #found #i #immensely

Well goodness knows, goodness knows what historians will write. ↗

— Alexander Downer

#historians #knows #well #will #write

I tend to plan as I write. And I want to leave myself open and the character open to keep on going until it seems to be the time to stop. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#going #i #i write #keep #leave