#writ

Now, if, as I think, writing should be, it's a kind of risky trade. ↗

— Al Alvarez

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There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#good #many #more #out #than

Life sometimes gets in the way of writing. ↗

— Jean M. Auel

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All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make money however I could to keep myself going in some modest way, and I didn't need much, I was unmarried at the time, no children. ↗

— Paul Auster

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I don't see myself as the boss. I sing and write the songs, and it would feel strange if somebody else wrote the lyrics I sang. ↗

— Gavin Rossdale

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I have always been fascinated by dark and mysterious stuff. I guess I have a pretty dark and gloomy side. Writing songs saves me from going completely gonzo. ↗

— Gavin Rossdale

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Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing. ↗

— Russell Banks

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It's a dismally lonely business, writing. ↗

— Toni Cade Bambara

#lonely #lonely business #writing

I write about five thousand words a day, when working on a book, about three thousand a day if I'm writing a short story. I take long periods off between projects, when I read a lot, garden, and think about the next book or stories. ↗

— Eric Brown

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In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

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