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American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous. ↗

— Don DeLillo

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I saw a photograph of a wedding conducted by Reverend Moon of the Unification Church. I wanted to understand this event, and the only way to understand it was to write about it. ↗

— Don DeLillo

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I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism. ↗

— Don DeLillo

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Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail. ↗

— Don DeLillo

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I like the process of pencil and paper as opposed to a machine. I think the writing is better when it's done in handwriting. ↗

— Nelson DeMille

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I think you've got to have your feet planted firmly on the ground, especially in this business, and you must not believe things that are said or written about you, because everything gets out of proportion one way or the other. ↗

— Judi Dench

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Our foreign policy has made a wreck of this planet. I'm always in Africa... And when I go to these places I see American policy written on the walls of oppression everywhere. ↗

— Harry Belafonte

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I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing. ↗

— Anne Tyler

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The hardest novel to write was Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant. ↗

— Anne Tyler

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Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness. ↗

— Kate DiCamillo

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