#write

It was only after five years in the army, when I was having to do a very boring job in a very boring place, that I thought: 'Why not try writing a novel?' partly out of youthful arrogance and partly because there had been a long line of writers in my mother's family. ↗

— Antony Beevor

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To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make. ↗

— Antony Beevor

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I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me. ↗

— Peter Benchley

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The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon. ↗

— Robert Benchley

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When I look back at it, I'm mostly amazed at how poorly it was shot. David Kelley is a great writer, and I thought the scripts were great, but it just looks so cheap. ↗

— Peter Berg

#back #cheap #david #great #great writer

Then they started pulling me in and I was very resistant. All the other actors would be saying write more, more dialogue for me, and I'd always be saying 'No, less, less'. ↗

— Peter Berg

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Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down. ↗

— Hector Berlioz

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There's no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. But I've always kept up to date with music changes. I worked very hard not to type myself. ↗

— Elmer Bernstein

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We simply write the kind of music we enjoy most and hope that our audience will enjoy it too. ↗

— Benny Anderson

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Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences. ↗

— Gore Vidal

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