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The difference between being a part-time writer and a full-time writer is like the difference between dating someone and living with them. Some of the romance is gone, but you learn things you'd never know just by dating. Scott Westerfeld
You Gone Living Some Someone Dating Writer Never Part-Time Between Like Know Learn Just Romance Difference Being Them Full-Time Things
One of the best descriptions of the type of writer I am was given by Tom Paulin, who described himself as a 'binge' writer - like a binge drinker. I go on binges. Seamus Heaney
Best Type Given Drinker Writer Like Himself Am Go Who Descriptions Tom Binge
I feel much more comfortable as a writer than an actor. I feel like I am a much better writer than I am an actor. Seth Rogen
Better More Writer Better Writer Feel Like Comfortable Am Than Much Actor
I didn't know I was gonna be a writer when I started out. Seymour Hersh
Out Writer Know Gonna Started
You can win more arguments then you might think as a writer, even though you legally have no recourse, and your script can get muddied and altered in any way possible. You can use reason, logic, and passion to argue persuasively for a case in your favor. Shane Black
You Win Passion Argument Think Way Favor Though Possible Logic Case More Recourse Argue Writer Altered Get Legally Any Script Might Then Use Your Reason Even
Writing is a black-box proposition. You see actors; you can see what they're doing. You can watch the director on set doing his work. But when a studio says to a writer, 'Give us some pages,' he just goes off and comes back. It's just pages, and suddenly, there's some writing on them. Shane Black
Work You Director Writing Back Says See Some Give Writer Proposition He Studio Doing His Off Goes Just Them Us Pages Suddenly Actor Watch Set
I go back to read 'Tarzan' books every now and again or 'John Carter,' and you realize Edgar Rice Burroughs is not a great writer by any means. But he was a great storyteller. You wanted to see what happened next. Shane Black
Great You Every Back Books Carter John See Writer He Edgar Read Great Writer Go Tarzan Any Wanted Happened Again Storyteller Rice Realize Next Means Now
At some point, I stumbled across an article about OCD. As I read, I was blown away by how identical the writer's description was to what I was experiencing. It was overwhelmingly comforting to finally realize that I wasn't alone and that nothing was wrong with me. It was a treatable disorder. Shannon Purser
Alone Me Comforting Nothing Finally Some About Point Writer Wrong Stumbled Identical Read How Article Blown Blown Away Experiencing Realize Across Disorder Description Away
I loved English, and I did very well in it. A lot of teachers encouraged me to write, and because of that, it later made me think it was possible to be a writer. Sharon Creech
Me Made Think Later Possible Write Writer Well Because Encouraged Lot Very Did Loved Teachers English
I believe I'm a better writer now than I was when I started. I'm grateful that I had good guidance because you don't make it in this business without good editors and a lot of support from your publishers. Sharon Draper
Good You Business Grateful Guidance Better Believe Writer Had Support Better Writer Make Because Without Editors Lot Than Your Now Publishers Started
I'm not sure that the benefit - as a writer and as a citizen - that I would get from reading at least the front page of the Times every day or every other day would outweigh the depression. Sharon Olds
Depression Day Every Day Citizen Reading Every Other Benefit Would Writer Outweigh Sure Least Times Get Front Front Page Page Every Other Day
It is so powerful when we can leave behind our ordinary identities, no longer think of ourselves primarily as a conductor, or writer, or salesclerk, and go to a supportive environment to deeply immerse in meditation practice. Sharon Salzberg
Practice Think Meditation Our Immerse Ourselves Writer Environment Primarily Powerful Longer Supportive Identities Leave Go Conductor Behind Ordinary Deeply
I go back to things all the time. It's really nice, too, like when I'm going through some kind of a writer's block, and I'm feeling uninspired, I go to some of my oldest songs from over the years and sift through them, and one thing that's very nice is to see how I've grown up a little bit. A little bit. Sharon Van Etten
Time Feeling Nice Too Back Bit Sift Kind One Thing See Some Through Writer Songs Over Like How Block Go Years Up Very Going Little Little Bit Them Really Uninspired Grown Grown-Up Oldest Thing Things
I feel like I'm getting better at being a writer. Sharon Van Etten
Better Writer Feel Like Getting Getting Better Being
I've always been a writer and have always loved writing. Shaun King
Writing Writer Always Been Loved
Perhaps the writer I've read the most of is Haruki Murakami, the Japanese writer, but I wouldn't necessarily say he's a favourite. I read him because I find his work so intriguing, but I don't necessarily feel I would follow this writer to the ends of the earth. Shaun Tan
Work Earth Say Intriguing Would Find Favourite Follow Writer He Feel Perhaps Most Him Read Because His Ends Japanese Necessarily
Tove Jansson was the most successful Finnish illustrator and writer of children's books of her day, and she was the most widely read Finn abroad. She began her life as an artist early - she had her first drawing published at fifteen. Sheila Heti
Life Day First Books Drawing Abroad Finnish Writer Had Most She Read Began Artist Children Fifteen Successful Published Her Illustrator Widely Early
I think that everything you do helps you to write if you're a writer. Adversity and success both contribute largely to making you what you are. If you don't experience either one of those, you're being deprived of something. Shelby Foote
Success Adversity You Experience Think Everything Those Something Both Write Writer Making Contribute Being Either Deprived Helps Largely
And I'm a slow writer: five, six hundred words is a good day. That's the reason it took me 20 years to write those million and a half words of the Civil War. Shelby Foote
War Good Day Me Words Good Day Slow Half Took Hundred Those Civil Civil War Write Writer Years Five Six Reason Million
I'm a method writer. In order to write about the emotion, I have to experience it. I get physically tired and exhausted, devoting hours and hours and hours to it. Sherman Alexie
Tired Experience Exhausted About Physically Emotion Write Writer Hours Hours And Hours Method Get Order
I was as eager a writer as I was a reader. Sherwood Smith
Writer Reader Eager
I think writing is such a great talent, and if I was better, I would love to be a writer. Shiloh Fernandez
Love Great Writing Better Think Would Writer Talent Great Talent
I've been a writer since I was a kid. I've been a writer since I was, you know, dictating stories into a tape deck and trying to get my mom to type them up - when I was really, really little. Shonda Rhimes
Mom You Type Kid Writer Since Know Been Tape Up Get Trying Stories Little Deck Them Really
Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
You Judge Worth Sit Own Down Everything Destroy Writer Put Head Stuff Most Without His Author Pity Then Your Who
When I was a kid and wanted to grow up to be a writer, I assumed I would be writing about animals and children because that's what I cared about and read about. But I never did. Sigrid Nunez
Writing Animals Assumed Kid Would Would-Be About Writer Never Read Because Up Did Children Wanted Grow Grow Up Cared
Being rich would be disastrous for me as a writer. I have always needed to write to pay the bills. Simon Beaufoy
Me Rich Pay Being Rich Would Would-Be Write Writer Disastrous Always Being Bills Needed
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