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I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too closely. ↗

— Anne Tyler

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I think it must be very hard to be one of the new young writers who are urged to put themselves forward when it may be the last thing on earth they'd be good at. ↗

— Anne Tyler

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The freelance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps. ↗

— Robert Benchley

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I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage. ↗

— Anne Tyler

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Other men wear white suits in summer and it doesn't seem to bother them. But my white suit seems to be a little whiter than theirs. I think also that it may have something written on the back of it, although I can't find it when I take the suit off. ↗

— Robert Benchley

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Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

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I write from my imagination, not from what I've read in books or seen on TV or to make money. I wrote from an idea I was passionate about. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

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Without living, how can you know? Without knowing, how can you speak? ↗

— J.E. Seanachaí

#life-lesson #philosophy #wisdom #writing #life

We don't sit down and go, 'People are uneasy about the economy. Let's write about that.' ↗

— Chester Bennington

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I think people are starting to think of me less as an actor and more as a writer. ↗

— Amber Benson

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