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One of the reasons I like Barthes more than other writers of that ilk is because he had a literary quality. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

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If you will read again what is written, you will see how it was. ↗

— Black Elk

#how #read #see #will #written

Basically I started to jot notes, lots of faxes back and forth to my writer, we faxed ideas throughout the whole first draft, and started all over again. ↗

— Bruce Boxleitner

#back #basically #draft #faxes #first

That's the way I will write characters, put a fair amount of myself in them, and then everyone else who was like that person, I will pick and choose. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#characters #choose #else #everyone #fair

The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing - rare but profound - remains at the true heart of the enterprise. On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers, all alone in their studios, with no one watching. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#alone #before #best #daily #days

So I had a ghostwriter, they call them, or somebody who is an experienced writer, to help. I've got the ideas in my head, it's getting them properly on paper. ↗

— Bruce Boxleitner

#experienced #getting #got #had #head

Music has to be written while people are still excited about a particular melodic or rhythmic sequence. The idea doesn't come out the same if we're not really excited about it. ↗

— Brandon Boyd

#come #excited #idea #melodic #music

I just can't seem to write songs about peace and love. Yeah right, how do you get that? ↗

— Siobhan Fahey

#get #how #i #just #love

Everybody said, 'You hit it so big when you were on 'Ally McBeal.' ' I didn't do anything for a year after 'Ally McBeal,' and I had to write David Kelley to get myself back on 'Ally' a second time because I thought the character should be on again. ↗

— Josh Ryan Evans

#again #ally #anything #back #because

I decided to write a book primarily because people talked me into it. ↗

— Terry Bradshaw

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