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    Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him out to the public.

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The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

by Ralph Ellison Found in: Writing Quotes,
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I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is read more

I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is ransom notes...

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I lived to write, and wrote to live

I lived to write, and wrote to live

by Samuel Rogers Found in: Writing Quotes,
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Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

by Nadine Gordimer Found in: Writing Quotes,
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Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

by E. L. Doctorow Found in: Writing Quotes,
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Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

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If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

by Lord Byron Found in: Writing Quotes,
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Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form read more

Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.

by Gene Fowler Found in: Writing Quotes,
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The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but read more

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.

by Terry Southern Found in: Writing Quotes,
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