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I have notebooks all over the place. I write little stories for my cabaret. Anne Reid

Cabaret Write Over Stories Place Little Notebooks

When I write something, every word of it is meant. I can't say it enough. Anne Rice

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Obsession led me to write. It's been that way with every book I've ever written. I become completely consumed by a theme, by characters, by a desire to meet a challenge. Anne Rice

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I do want to go another way - to write something completely different. Anne Rice

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It's unimaginable to me that I wouldn't write, but it's very imaginable that I won't write for a little while. Anne Rivers Siddons

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Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions. Anne Stevenson

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I truly hate marketing promotions, and I don't at all approve of encouraging wannabe poets to write bad poetry. Anne Stevenson

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Too many times, adults walk into situations, and people have already put them in a box: 'Oh, you write comedy.' Or, 'You're the development woman.' And it's not just our profession. It's hard to look at someone and say, 'What else is inside?' Anne Sweeney

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I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage. Anne Tyler

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If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all. Anne Tyler

Writing Write Never Like Felt Till Waited

I'll write maybe one long paragraph describing the events, then a page or two breaking the events into chapters, and then reams of pages delving into my characters. After that, I'm ready to begin. Anne Tyler

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The hardest novel to write was Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant. Anne Tyler

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I didn't really choose to write; I more or less fell into it. Anne Tyler

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I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some balk every step of the way, others seem to write themselves - but certainly the mechanics of writing, finding the time and the psychic space, are easier now that my children are grown. Anne Tyler

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It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from. Anne Tyler

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Find the story you want to tell. If you don't want to write it, find somebody to write it. Annette Bening

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Write about winter in the summer. Annie Dillard

Winter Summer About Write

Write as if you were dying. Annie Dillard

You Write Were Dying

It makes more sense to write one big book - a novel or nonfiction narrative - than to write many stories or essays. Into a long, ambitious project you can fit or pour all you possess and learn. Annie Dillard

If someone says something unpleasant, I can't say it doesn't smart a bit. It always does. Someone can take a really nasty swipe if they want because it kind of feels powerful for a person to write in a paper and get that thing out there. Annie Lennox

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Sometimes you want to read what people write about you, obviously. Ansel Elgort

You People Sometimes About Write Obviously Read Want

Sometimes I'll write a tweet that I'll just be like, 'Why do I have to say this to all of these people?' It's like writing a Facebook status: it's the same. I view tweeting as like writing a Facebook status. Remember when we used to write statuses? Ansel Elgort

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One of my main decisions when accepting the job of Children's Laureate was that I must continue working on picture books. If I don't write and illustrate for some time, then I begin to question who I am. Anthony Browne

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