I pretty much drink a cup of coffee, write in my journal for a while, and then sit at a computer in my office and torture the keys. My one saving grace as a writer is that, if I'm having trouble with the novel I'm writing, I write something else, a poem or a short story. I try to avoid writer's block by always writing something.
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RUTH OZEKI I definitely want to do more movies, and I'm also a writer, so I have a few screenplays that I... ELIZA COUPE I get a little myopic in the act of doing any writing. I think I'm not as interested or not as a... AIMEE BENDER I haven't had trouble with writer's block. I think it's because my process involves writ... JENNIFER EGAN My Writers Guild of America card is one of my proudest possessions. I was given it after being invit... JOJO MOYES I've been writing since I was very young, even before I was a teenager. As far as I'm concer... DYLAN MORAN I don't have any particular rituals, I sometimes like to write in longhand when I'm searchin... ERIN MORGENSTERN 'Made it as a writer'? I'm still wondering if I've made it as a writer. I've mad... ERIC BROWN Writing an essay is like a school assignment: I have my topic, I organize my thoughts, and I write i... TAWNI O'DELL I'm not the most prolific writer in the world, and, sadly, writing a novel involves a lot of eff... 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MAYA ANGELOU I wanted to write a novel where the meaning is in the story and characters and the subliminal, in th... FRANK PERETTI As a reader, I have a very short attention span and a low tolerance for boredom, and I find that com... JOHN SCALZI I think, when I started writing songs, my voice just became another tool. It wasn't something th... LAURA MVULA The reason I write is that I'm not in dialogue with my emotions; writing puts me in touch with m... ETGAR KERET Speaking for myself, art differs from writing in that I never know what I'm going to paint until... WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of ... J. A. JANCE When I'm working on a novel of my own, I try to read mostly nonfiction, although sometimes I bre... CARL HIAASEN When I enter that higher-order space that's required to write, I'm a better human. For whate... JUNOT DIAZ If I try to write a song, I will completely fail to write a song. But if I'm just holding my gui... KINA GRANNIS If I'm extra happy or excited, it'll take me an hour or two to write a song. Or, if I'm ... ASTRO I'm not a good crime writer. I'm not good with plots... so I have to do something else. KARIN FOSSUM I work full-time in a used bookstore. I get up. I drink a cup of coffee. I think, The last thing I w... KATE DICAMILLO I tend to write about my anxieties - it's what I'm afraid will happen. And I write a story w... RAINBOW ROWELL I always wondered if I could write a novel, so I decided to try. I thought about writing a crime sto... GENE HUNT I have a romantic conception of the writer's life, and the sort of writer's life that I admi... RACHEL CUSK I can't say that I'm always writing in my head but I do spend a lot of time in my head writi... STEVIE WONDER I tend to be more of a novel writer. In fact, some of my novels started out as short stories, and I ... BRUCE COVILLE I'm always in that mode - whenever I have a little free time, I'm always recording songs, wr... LUDACRIS When I wrote my first book, 'The Tennis Party', my overriding concern was that I didn't ... SOPHIE KINSELLA I'm pretty obsessive-compulsive, and I'm very fast. I tend to not write for a long period of... ADAM RAPP George Orwell is half journalist, half fiction writer. I'm 100 percent fiction writer... I don... HARUKI MURAKAMI I'm very conscious of people having pretty short attention spans: I know, I'm guilty of it. ... LORDE I'm definitely of the 'Harry Potter'-transfigured-me-into-a-reader-and-writer generation... ADAM SILVERA I think it's natural for a creative to be sensitive. If I'm in the studio and I write someth... G-EAZY I don't drink coffee. I've never had a cup of coffee in my entire life. That's something... STEVEN SPIELBERG Mostly, in song writing, my experience is that there isn't so much inspiration as hard work. You... 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WALTER ANNENBERG I shall participate, I shall contribute, and in so doing, I will be the gainer. WALTER ANNENBERG Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life. WALTER ANNENBERG Accomplish something every day of your life. WALTER ANNENBERG People who think about art as an investment are pathetic. WALTER ANNENBERG The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges. WALTER ANNENBERG In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated. WALTER ANNENBERG Never buy four C-plus paintings when you can buy one A. WALTER ANNENBERG My country has been very good to me; I must be good to my country. WALTER ANNENBERG Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually en... WALTER ANNENBERG Many activities and team play participation will give you a training that will prove invaluable late... WALTER ANNENBERG Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound. WALTER ANNENBERG The greatest power is not money power, but political power. WALTER ANNENBERG I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible f... WALTER ANDERSON Good listeners, like precious gems, are to be treasured. WALTER ANDERSON We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, ne... WALTER ANDERSON I'm not afraid to learn from my coaches. WALTER ALSTON I put myself through college playing pool. WALTER ALSTON I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things. WALTER ALSTON The toughest thing about managing is knowing your personnel and what it can give you under all condi... WALTER ALSTON I do worry about tomorrow's game, but never about next year's job. WALTER ALSTON I've won plenty of games by knowing when to take out my pitcher; whom to replace him with; or ho... WALTER ALSTON I think for being not unsympathetic that their appearance may also appear, so differently it, must; ... ULRICH WALTER Every astronaut flew into space for a living. But while NASA has not solved the security problems, I... ULRICH WALTER Judgment comes from experience - and experience comes from bad judgment. WALTER WRISTON She's been on more laps than a napkin. WALTER WINCHELL Nothing recedes like success. WALTER WINCHELL Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors. WALTER WINCHELL Broadway is a main artery of New York life - the hardened artery. WALTER WINCHELL The best way to get along is never to forgive an enemy or forget a friend. WALTER WINCHELL The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public. WALTER WINCHELL Today's gossip is tomorrow's headline. WALTER WINCHELL I never lost a friend I wanted to keep. 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