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We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page. ↗

— Calvin Trillin

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You know, I used to say, when people say, 'How do you think about what to write about in the poems every week?' And I say, 'Well, I have to turn it in on Monday, so on Sunday nights I turn the shower to iambic pentameter and it sort of works out that way.' ↗

— Calvin Trillin

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What a revolting contrast exists in England between the slavery of women and the intellectual superiority of women writers. ↗

— Flora Tristan

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I've been writing on my own. It's like Roger Miller used to say, every now and then, like a dog having puppies, you have to crawl under the house and do it yourself. ↗

— Travis Tritt

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There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

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This at least should be a rule through the letter-writing world: that no angry letter be posted till four-and-twenty hours will have elapsed since it was written. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

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I was writing a chapter of Beautiful Evidence on the subject of the sculptural pedestal, which led to my thinking about what's up on the pedestal - the great leader. ↗

— Edward Tufte

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I have always written poetry but I have never applied it to songwriting. ↗

— Janine Turner

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What we need is more women writers, writing for older women. There are some actresses who have production companies and create their own material, and I truly admire that. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences. ↗

— Larry Hagman

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