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"There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write"
William Makepeace Thackeray, Novelist
"If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader!"
William Makepeace Thackeray, Novelist
"To a journalist, good news is often not news at all"
Phil Donahue, Entertainer
"Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them, rather than presenting an emotion which you could observe and walk away from"
Arthur Miller, Playwright
"If I see an ending, I can work backward"
Arthur Miller, Playwright
"Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find the Author"
Arthur Miller, Playwright
"A playwright lives in an occupied country. And if you can't live that way, you don't stay"
Arthur Miller, Playwright
"With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me"
Madeleine L'Engle, Novelist
"A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate"
Madeleine L'Engle, Novelist
"You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children"
Madeleine L'Engle, Novelist
"You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer"
Margaret Atwood, Novelist
"A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason"
Margaret Atwood, Novelist
"Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword"
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, Politician
"No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies"
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, Politician
"Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down"
Truman Capote, Novelist
"Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade, just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself"
Truman Capote, Novelist
"To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make"
Truman Capote, Novelist
"Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe"
Truman Capote, Novelist
"No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped me right down to the marrow of my bones. It nearly killed me. I think, in a way, it did kill me"
Truman Capote, Novelist
"Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it"
Truman Capote, Novelist
"On the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids"
Ken Thompson, Scientist
"A writer's job is to tell the truth"
Andy Rooney, Journalist
"Writers don't retire. I will always be a writer!"
Andy Rooney, Journalist
"I obviously have a knack for getting on paper what a lot of people have thought and didn't realize they thought. And they say, 'Hey, yeah!' And they like that"
Andy Rooney, Journalist
"I don't pick subjects as much as they pick me"
Andy Rooney, Journalist
"I do what I do, and write what I write, without calculating what is worth what and so on. Fortunately, I am not a banker or an accountant. I feel that there is a time when a political statement needs to be made and I make it"
Arundhati Roy, Novelist
"Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel"
Joseph Addison, Writer
"Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them"
Joseph Addison, Writer
"No one, ever, wrote anything as well even after one drink as he would have done with out it"
Ring Lardner, Comedian
"A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor"
Ring Lardner, Comedian
"But I work harder now because I have so much more exposure. And actually the harder you work as a writer, the better you get at it. It's like anything else. It's a muscle you have to exercise. I write more now than ever"
Ron White, Comedian
"Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author"
Jean de La Bruyère, Philosopher
"Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being"
A. A. Milne, Author
"In a mood of faith and hope, my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk, waiting for the next book. I am a writer, and I take up my pen to write"
Pearl S. Buck, Novelist
"I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history if I can succeed in placing before the English of the nineteenth century a true picture of the life of their ancestors"
Thomas B. Macaulay, Historian
"He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable"
Thomas B. Macaulay, Historian
"If I had to put a name to it, I would wish that all my books were entertainments. I think the first thing you've got to do is grab the reader by the ear, and make him sit down and listen. Make him laugh, make him feel. We all want to be entertained at a very high level"
John Le Carre, Author
"Thank heaven, though, one of the few mistakes I haven't made is to talk about the unwritten book"
John Le Carre, Author
"I've always had difficulties with female characters"
John Le Carre, Author
"I happen to write by hand. I don't even type"
John Le Carre, Author
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