#writ

I write short stories when a little idea occurs to me, that I know isn't a part of a novel that will stand by itself and should be concentrated. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

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When I started writing full time I had not long stopped being a teacher and when at last I had a full day to write, I would put music on and wonder to myself - am I allowed to do this? Then I thought: 'I am control of this and no one is telling me what I can do.' ↗

— Roddy Doyle

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When I was growing up, the exam system didn't allow you to write fiction, so you never did. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

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I'm very involved in the writing on every level. ↗

— Fran Drescher

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Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that. ↗

— Fran Drescher

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When I first got my record deal, I was like, 'I just want to sing,' and I never put much thought into what really goes into a record. But as I got older, I developed a passion for writing. ↗

— Hilary Duff

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I am always pleased to be asked to write a poem. ↗

— Carol Ann Duffy

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If I felt, in the event of a royal wedding, inspired to write about people coming together in marriage or civil partnership, I would just be grateful to have an idea for the poem. And if I didn't, I'd ignore it. ↗

— Carol Ann Duffy

#be grateful #civil #coming #event #felt

Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings. ↗

— Carol Ann Duffy

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The first essential in writing about anything is that the writer should have no experience of the matter. ↗

— Isadora Duncan

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