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For after my marriage I had made various attempts to write fiction. They were clearly failures. ↗

— Mary A. Ward

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Writers are very much undervalued in the creative process. ↗

— Rachel Ward

#creative process #much #process #undervalued #very

Most of the press is sent to my publicist so I do see most of what is written about me. ↗

— Sela Ward

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Which is a wonderful irony, I have property there. I go back every chance I get. One of the main reasons I actually wrote the book, agreed to write it having never wanted to do that in my life, very intimidating by the way to write a book. ↗

— Sela Ward

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I don't think of myself as an illustrator. I think of myself as a cartoonist. I write the story with pictures - I don't illustrate the story with the pictures. ↗

— Chris Ware

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Anyone who conceives of writing as an agreeable stroll towards a middle-class life-style will never write anything but crap. ↗

— Derek Raymond

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I've always been a writer because I've always been a student. My mom's a retired professor, so I come from a very academic background. I love writing, you know? ↗

— Kerry Washington

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Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire to want to make records. ↗

— Roger Waters

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I think there are things in my story that have helped my creativity. Your father being killed, for instance, is one of the best things that could happen to a kid if he's going to write poetry or songs. ↗

— Roger Waters

#best #could #creativity #father #going

The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable. ↗

— Scott Weiland

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