#write

I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money. ↗

— S. E. Hinton

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I was trying to write an autobiography using prints and patterns that reference emotional, psychological, and personal development in my work, as a person growing up, figuring out who I was. I used fabrics to stand in for occurrences. ↗

— Jim Hodges

#development #emotional #fabrics #figuring #growing

I've been a screenwriter for twenty-five years. Every one of my books have been optioned for movies and I have written a few of those screenplays. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#books #every #few #i #movies

I don't actually sit down and write, but I just have a lot of different ideas about films and making movies. ↗

— Obie Trice

#actually #different #down #films #i

If I want to write a movie, I'll write a screenplay, but if I have an idea for a book, it's something that I think can only be done novelistically. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#done #i #i think #idea #movie

I think the sport of wrestling, which I became involved with at the age of 14... I competed until I was 34, kind of old for a contact sport. I coached the sport until I was 47. I think the discipline of wrestling has given me the discipline I have to write. ↗

— John Irving

#became #coached #competed #contact #discipline

I love movies. Movies have influenced me as a writer. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#i love #influenced #love #me #movies

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin. ↗

— John Irving

#better #business #going #i #i think

I am a Moroccan writer of French expression. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

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