5461 Writing Quotes for You to Enjoy

Anyone who doesn't read doesn't have any business writing. Ann Patchett

Business Writing Read Any Anyone Who

I got the writing bug in the fourth grade when a poem of mine was published in the school newspaper. Music criticism came a little later, when I was in high school. Ann Powers

Music Writing School Criticism Later Mine High High School Poem Bug Got Came Grade Little Newspaper Published Fourth

When I first began to have the initial idea for 'Heartsease,' I just wrote a skeleton story; that is, I started her off as this young, bright 16-year-old and then added the events that occurred and where she and other characters fitted in, even writing 3 different endings, as I was not sure where Mary's story would lead to. Ann Turner

Writing Events First Young Other Added Characters Would Mary Lead Idea Wrote She Sure Occurred Off Fitted Began Endings Just Where Different Story Skeleton Then Initial Even Bright Her Started

I made a real specific decision when I came out of school and most artists were writing about home - if you were a woman, you were writing about being a woman - and I decided not to do that, write about what you know. That's not what I do. I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination. Anna Deavere Smith

Home You Woman Writing School Decision Made Imagination Out Possible About Write Development Know Most Terms Real Came Were Artists Being Decided Far Far Away Away Specific

The earth is ready, the time is ripe, for the authoritative expression of the feminine as well as the masculine interpretation of that common social consensus which is slowly writing justice in the State and fraternity in the social order. Anna Garlin Spencer

Time Justice Writing Interpretation State Earth Fraternity Ripe Slowly Masculine Well Ready Feminine Authoritative Common Order Which Social Social Consensus Social Order Expression Consensus

Reading and writing isn't supposed to be this exclusive club; it's just supposed to be entertaining. Anna Todd

Writing Reading Club Entertaining Exclusive Supposed Just

I've come to find that I am definitely not cut out for the isolated writer thing, locking myself away and writing and bleeding over words alone. I'd rather share my pain with people. Anna Todd

Publishers often push women in a subtle way to focus on fantasy and paranormal writing. Annalee Newitz

Women Writing Focus Way Paranormal Push Often Subtle Fantasy Publishers

I always try and make people feel that they are strong enough to say something - anything, to anyone - even if it's a stranger or they're just writing a tweet if they're in danger. Anne-Marie

People Writing Strong Try Enough Danger Say Something Feel Make Always Just Anyone Anything Stranger Tweet Even

I've always been good at talking about my feelings; that helps with writing songs. Anne-Marie

Good Writing Feelings About Songs Talking Always Been Helps

My music is constantly changing because I am. I'm writing it and changing as I'm writing. Anne-Marie

Music Writing Changing Constantly Because Am

The first thing that attracts me to any script is the writing. If I find myself becoming lost in a good yarn, then I feel certain that others will, too. Anne-Marie Duff

I do think that something of the effect I have on people is to put everything on an edge where they're both infatuated with a kind of charmingness happening in the person or in the writing, and also flatly terrified by a revelation or acceptance of revelation that's almost happening, never quite totally happening. Anne Carson

Maybe I could have been good as a drawer if I had done it as much as I did writing, but it's more scary to draw. It's more revealing. You can't disguise yourself in drawing. Anne Carson

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You write a book and you finish the book. That's your job done, right? You win the Booker and you have a whole new job. You have to be the thing, right? So instead of writing the story, you somehow are the story. And that I found that sort of terrible. Anne Enright

I'm very keenly aware that there aren't very many women writing literary fiction in Ireland and so that gives me a sense that what I say matters, in some small way. Anne Enright

Me Women Writing Matters Sense Way Say Some Small Gives Ireland Very Fiction Literary Literary Fiction Many Aware

The most important thing when starting out with essay writing is to find a voice with which you're comfortable. You need to find a persona that is very much like you, but slightly caricatured. Anne Fadiman

I was in Siena and decided I wanted to write a story set there. Then I discovered that the original story of Romeo and Juliet was set in Siena. It occurred to me that this was too much of a gift - I had to do it. That's how I ended up writing a parallel story to Romeo and Juliet. Anne Fortier

Me Writing Gift Too Much Too Parallel Write Had How Occurred Discovered Juliet Up Ended Wanted Decided Story Romeo Romeo And Juliet Then Much Original Set

I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage. Anne McCaffrey

Me Writing Stage Tool Back Emotion Always Goes Being Used

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