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Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences.Sylvia Plath
You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.Annie Proulx
I get a lot of letters from people. They say, ‘I want to be a writer. What should I do?’ I tell them to stop writing to me and get on with it.Ruth Rendell
Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, your heart, your soul.​Meg Rosoff
Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day, it helps. Then when it gets finished, you are always surprised.John Steinbeck
I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.Robert Louis Stevenson
Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.Hunter S. Thompson
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.Mark Twain
Always tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember anything.Mark Twain
Roughin' it
First get your facts, then distort them at your leisure.Mark Twain
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Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences.Sylvia Plath
You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.Annie Proulx
I get a lot of letters from people. They say, ‘I want to be a writer. What should I do?’ I tell them to stop writing to me and get on with it.Ruth Rendell
Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, your heart, your soul.​Meg Rosoff
Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day, it helps. Then when it gets finished, you are always surprised.John Steinbeck
I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.Robert Louis Stevenson
Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.Hunter S. Thompson
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.Mark Twain
Always tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember anything.Mark Twain
Roughin' it
First get your facts, then distort them at your leisure.Mark Twain
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