#writers

We were a very small circle of writers. Everybody brought to the table their own life experience. ↗

— Howie Mandel

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As is said about most writers: on the one hand all I ever did from when I was a child was read, and I was a loner, which was furthered by my parents and my upbringing. ↗

— Elfriede Jelinek

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Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life. ↗

— Billy Joel

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I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world. ↗

— Iris Johansen

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That has to remain the principal reason for doing it, doesn't it? I know it's possible to write for money, and many very good writers have done so. But for me, it has to remain the principal thing that I actually want to do the writing. ↗

— Jonathan Kellerman

#doing #done #good #i #know

Some writers hate to go to trials, but I love trials. ↗

— Ann Rule

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I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers. ↗

— Ryne Sandberg

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I read every screenplay that was being sent to the other directors. None were being sent to me, but I was reading what others were choosing and what the best writers were writing. ↗

— Rupert Sanders

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So when it was my turn to start developing projects, I knew the writers I wanted to work with, and I had met every head of studio, every executive and a lot of producers. I started finding things, little crumbs off other people's tables that I would make my own. ↗

— Rupert Sanders

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There are writers in Germany who drink the Absolute like water; and there are books in which even the dogs make references to the Infinite. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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