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The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish. ↗

— Terry Southern

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In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer. ↗

— Terry Southern

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Writing on a contract for a major studio you get the very best. ↗

— Terry Southern

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I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense. ↗

— Robert Frost

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Even when I'm writing plays I enjoy having company and mentally I think of that company as the company I'm writing for. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

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I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I've never understood. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

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One thing I can tell you is this, that I am not a methodical writer. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

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There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

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I'm writing a new love story, set in eastern North Carolina. Surprise, surprise, huh? ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

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