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A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way. It's a lie if you make something up. But you make it up in the name of the truth, and then you give your heart to expressing it clearly. ↗

— Anne Lamott

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The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer. ↗

— Mo Yan

#writing-life #writing-process #life

I remember when your name was just another name that rolled without thought off my tongue. Now, I can’t look at your name without an abundance of sentiment attached to each lettter. Your name, which I played with so carelessly, so easily, has somehow become sacred to my lips. A name I won’t throw around lightheartedly or repeat without deep thought. And if ever I speak of you, I use the English language to describe who you were to me. You are nameless, because those letters grouped together in that familiar form….. carries too much meaning for my capricious heart. ↗

— Coco J. Ginger

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Writers do not have the privilege of sleep. There is always a story coming alive in their heads, constantly composing. Whether they choose it or not. ↗

— Coco J. Ginger

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Why do I love writing YA? Because I get a chance to re-live my youth knowing all I know now... ↗

— Belle Whittington

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This is what Laura loved about literature. You could see things in it that perhaps weren’t there, but might be. And even that didn’t matter if, in the end, readers needed something to be there. They could bring their somethings to a text, as co-creators, embedding a needed reality in the story that, if it was flexible enough, would allow new threads to take their place beside the author’s. ↗

— L.L. Barkat

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Falling in love with a writer is a dangerous thing, isn't it? The only thing you get out of it sometimes is immortality. ↗

— Darnell Lamont Walker

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I find that is the best way to write during emotional scenes...put yourself and your emotions in every single word.-Nina Jean Slack ↗

— Nina Jean Slack

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Lindsay [Doran] goes round the table and introduces everyone -- making it clear that I am present in the capacity of writer rather than actress, therefore no one has to be too nice to me. ↗

— Emma Thompson

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The relationship between a perfect cup of coffee and a writer is just like the couple who always standby and feel proud of being committed to each other. ↗

— Himmilicious

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