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It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating one's own creativity - that's a much tougher matter. ↗

— Brian Aldiss

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Intellectuals, academics, writers and poets were an important force in the early groups of volunteers. They had the means to get to Spain and were accustomed to travelling, whereas very few workers had left British shores. ↗

— Bill Alexander

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If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn. ↗

— Lloyd Alexander

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I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head. ↗

— Chris Van Allsburg

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Developing films with directors, developing films with actors, is a poor percentage play for a screenwriter. ↗

— Tony Gilroy

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The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

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There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point. ↗

— Paul Thomas Anderson

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Similarly, anyone who wishes to understand the mind of the sacred writers must first cleanse his own life, and approach the saints by copying their deeds. ↗

— Athanasius

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I write about the things I feel strongly about. ↗

— Dido Armstrong

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The challenging thing is that we go home after doing the run-through and the writers stay there working, so sometimes I get script changes delivered to me at midnight. It's constantly shifting. ↗

— Jillian Bach

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