#write

I formed a resolution to never write a word I did not want to write; to think only of my own tastes and ideals, without a thought of those of editors or publishers. ↗

— C. S. Forester

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What really happened was one day I decided to write a new kind of play. ↗

— Richard Foreman

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The writer who can't do his job looks to his editor to do it for him, though he won't dream of sharing his royalties with that editor. ↗

— Alfred A. Knopf

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A writer's ambition should be to trade a hundred contemporary readers for ten readers in ten years' time and for one reader in a hundred years' time. ↗

— Arthur Koestler

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I think having a vision can make someone an influential man. I'm not talking about acting or anything like that, I'm talking about people I admire, whether it's a writer or a musician or a sports figure or a politician, whatever. ↗

— Benicio Del Toro

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I don't write a quick draft and then revise; instead, I work slowly page by page, revising and polishing. ↗

— Dean Koontz

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Although I've said a million times that I'm not a horror writer, I do like horror. ↗

— Dean Koontz

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I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it. ↗

— Dean Koontz

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I think it's the people who have no doubt that every word they put down is gold that probably don't write very well. ↗

— Dean Koontz

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I think one of the coolest things about the job is the level of trust we have for each other. The actors fully trust that the writers will write amazing episodes, and the writers trust that the actors will follow their instincts with the characters. ↗

— John Krasinski

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