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    I wanted to be a writer from my early teenage years, but I never told anyone. Writers, in my opinion, were god-like creatures, and to say I was striving to be a writer would be incredibly arrogant.

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As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the read more

As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning.

by Neil Gaiman Found in: Writer Quotes,
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To write beautifully, is to inscribe thoughts on paper in a flowing, imaginative way. With aspirations to intrigue and inform; read more

To write beautifully, is to inscribe thoughts on paper in a flowing, imaginative way. With aspirations to intrigue and inform; its truly an art on paper, filled with emotion and thought in a smooth aesthetically brilliant way...

by Paul Acquasanta Found in: Writer Quotes,
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A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or read more

A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.

by Ernest Hemingway Found in: Writer Quotes,
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Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.

Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.

by Sinclair Lewis Found in: Writer Quotes,
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Neither man nor God is going to tell me what to write.

Neither man nor God is going to tell me what to write.

by James T. Farrell Found in: Writer Quotes,
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Writer's block.. when one curses the blinking cursor
on the blank page
(Regina Brett has written regular columns for 2 read more

Writer's block.. when one curses the blinking cursor
on the blank page
(Regina Brett has written regular columns for 2 Ohio papers).

by Regina Brett Found in: Writer Quotes,
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My occupation is solely that of a painter.
No one can argue with pictures
(re descriptions in Uncle Tom's Cabin).

My occupation is solely that of a painter.
No one can argue with pictures
(re descriptions in Uncle Tom's Cabin).

by Louisa Mae Alcott Found in: Writer Quotes,
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You become a better writer by writing. You become a better travel writer by writing about travel.

You become a better writer by writing. You become a better travel writer by writing about travel.

by Tim Cahill Found in: Writer Quotes,
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The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Writer Quotes,
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