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Writing Quotes

"A short story is a different thing altogether"

"The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world and he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true"

"Write every day. Don't wait for an idea to start."

"The answer to all writing, to any career for that matter, is love."

"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do"

"There are three things worth having in this world: courage, good sense, and caution in those who speak better than they write"

"The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power"

"Novels are a marathon, while screenplays are a sprint"

"Your job is to tell your story."

"The pen is the tongue of the mind"

"A novel which does not give the utmost satisfaction to its author is an immoral novel"

"Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake."

"If a story is in you, it has to come out."

"I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn."

"It's no small thing to take the risk of writing for a living."

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