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It's very painful to have something that's not true written about you. ↗

— Jayson Blair

#painful #something #true #very #written

Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#author #because #book #bringing #each

History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#end #end product #every #generation #history

I began to ask two questions while I was reading a book that excited me: not only what was going to happen next, but how is this done? How is it that these words on the page make me feel the way I'm feeling? This is the line of inquiry that I think happens in a child's mind, without him even knowing he has aspirations as a writer. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#aspirations #began #book #child #done

My theory about why Hemingway killed himself is that he heard his own voice; that he reached the point where he couldn't write without feeling he was repeating himself. That's the worst thing that can happen to a writer. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#feeling #happen #heard #hemingway #himself

But then of course you reach a point where you have to say, I've got to figure out how this book's going to end. Otherwise, you're going to write yourself into so many dead-ends. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

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Travel definitely affects me as a writer. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

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You don't say, I'm going to be a writer when I grow up - at least I didn't. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#grow #grow up #i #least #say

I've always wanted to do a Crichton book. I really love his writing. ↗

— Richard Donner

#book #his #i #love #really

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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