#writ

The writer's duty is to keep on writing. ↗

— William Styron

#keep #writer #writing

I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#five #hours #i #i write #sometimes

Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#business #comes #dollars #done #down

Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It's that important, so don't mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#close #door #drafts #either #ever

Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#books #focus #genre #lot #mind

I don't write romance novels. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#novels #romance #write

The thematic, psychological, and cultural concerns of a writer are more relevant than whatever literary mode he or she chooses to deal with in any given novel. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

#chooses #concerns #cultural #deal #given

When you're in the States and you're a writer and you've got money and you walk into a bank, you're a bum with money. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

#bum #got #into #money #states

I write music every day. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#every #every day #i #i write #music

I love and always have loved policy issues and trying to have an impact on the issues that are out there. I cherish my years in government. I have loved my participation at CNN, at Current; writing; teaching. Where I will go next, I will have to sort out. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#cherish #cnn #current #go #government