#write

You can get sucked into the idea that, 'Gosh, this is impressive. Maybe I should do this. It will look good.' Or 'I'll write like this because it will impress that critic.' ↗

— Amy Tan

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I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction by making up things that were completely alien to my life. ↗

— Amy Tan

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I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn't realize that there is something called originality and your own voice. ↗

— Amy Tan

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I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and draw for hours and hours and hours. In a way, that's what I do as a writer. ↗

— Amy Tan

#draw #hours #i #i do #just

You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for what you've just said. I think books were my salvation. Books saved me from being miserable. ↗

— Amy Tan

#book #books #go #hope #i

As an artist, you never want to write the same song again, you always want to challenge yourself to writing in a different way. ↗

— Serj Tankian

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A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

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I'm very happy with the way I write. I think I do it good. But I've never really considered myself a writer. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

#good #happy #i #i do #i think

I've always considered myself a filmmaker who writes stuff for himself to do. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

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But it's for every writer to decide his own pace, and the pace varies with the writer and the work. ↗

— Donna Tartt

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