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I suppose I'm most influenced by any good, commercial writer. I learn from everyone. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

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Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts. ↗

— Brian Aldiss

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I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a component of that identity. ↗

— Brian Aldiss

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It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating one's own creativity - that's a much tougher matter. ↗

— Brian Aldiss

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I suppose more than anything, it's the way of life in this part of the country that influences my writing. In Eastern North Carolina, with the exception of Wilmington, most people live in small towns. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

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If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

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Intellectuals, academics, writers and poets were an important force in the early groups of volunteers. They had the means to get to Spain and were accustomed to travelling, whereas very few workers had left British shores. ↗

— Bill Alexander

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If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn. ↗

— Lloyd Alexander

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I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head. ↗

— Chris Van Allsburg

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Developing films with directors, developing films with actors, is a poor percentage play for a screenwriter. ↗

— Tony Gilroy

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