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I'm much more used to the TV shows, which are demanding to write and perform but very fulfilling. ↗

— Rory Bremner

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Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied, writing columns for newspapers. ↗

— Jimmy Breslin

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I've always said it took me 20 years to find out how to write a song in 20 minutes. ↗

— Bart Howard

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In order to write the book you want to write, in the end you have to become the person you need to become to write that book. ↗

— Junot Díaz

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You either have to write or you shouldn't be writing. That's all. ↗

— Joss Whedon

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If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to ­music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be patient." [The Guardian, 25 February 2010] ↗

— Hilary Mantel

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Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on. ↗

— Louis L'Amour

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A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own. The great instrument of moral good is the imagination. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

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The words get easier the moment you stop fearing them. ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

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Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

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