#i write

Everything I write is highly personal, but put in such a way that it's not dropping everything in someone's lap. Although sometimes I think 'The Taxi Ride' embarrasses me, because sometimes I think it's too close. ↗

— Jane Siberry

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I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web. ↗

— Alan Dean Foster

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I write slowly. ↗

— Yann Martel

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I write in American slang. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

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I write, or used to write, to explain to myself situations I couldn't otherwise solve or understand. Meditation comes very naturally to me. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

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I write my own songs, and I only see their flaws. ↗

— Chris Isaak

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It's about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of music around it to best envelop the story, and all kinds of sonic goodness - sonic goodies. ↗

— Frank Ocean

#around #best #environment #get #goodness

I write to escape; to escape poverty. ↗

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

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I get so happy when I write a joke. It's a very satisfying, liberating feeling. ↗

— Rita Rudner

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But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer. ↗

— Anne Tyler

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