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if it doesn't come bursting out of you
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PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE I wanted to be a writer, to write these stories that would make people see the world in a different ...
JEFFREY SKOLL
if it doesn't come bursting out of youin spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI I pretty much always knew I wanted to be a writer. I was writing goofy stories when I was 7 or 8. Th...
ELLEN POTTER
Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said:I am not commanding you, but I ...
NICHOLAS SPARKS
To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY
I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me. NICHOLAS SPARKS
As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the... NICHOLAS SPARKS
You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on... HARPER LEE
You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. HARPER LEE "Share the warmth of these holidays. Please take time to share some heart felt Christmas stories wit...
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BOBBY BUTLER
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If you don’t know the kind of person I am
and...
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Take these broken wings and learn to fly. PAUL MCCARTNEY I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH
A Million Little Pieces. I wanted the stories in the book to ebb and flow, to have dramatic arcs, to... JAMES FREY
Lᴏᴠᴇ ɪs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅ ... Yᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇ ɪᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏ... NICHOLAS SPARKS She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappr...
GAIL CARRIGER The scientific method gives us information by testing and repeating observable things so that we can...
LEWIS N. ROE Plantation gospel music was the stuff I fell in love with when I was a kid - these beautiful melodie...
BOBBY WOMACK These are motivated women who are willing to challenge themselves. The forum is an opportunity for t...
DANA HURST
But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would... PATRICIA CORNWELL
I am excited to share my archive pictures and footage. I'll also share announcements about curre... SUGAR RAY LEONARD
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TONY DITERLIZZI Even after all these years, finding a really first-rate story is still a thrill, one I want to share...
GARDNER DOZOIS
come together to share war stories. DEBORAH NORVILLE
The others in the dorm thought I wanted to be a writer, because I was always alone with a book, but ... HARUKI MURAKAMI
There are just some kind of men who-who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learn... HARPER LEE The role of the Christian is to let other people know what Jesus has done, not to think of themselve...
LEWIS N. ROE Naturalistic atheism debunks itself. It has no power to explain even some of the most basic principl...
LEWIS N. ROE It's important to understand that if someone calls themselves a Christian, it does not automatically...
LEWIS N. ROE
I've loved thrillers and spy stories since I was a kid. It's probably not a bad rule of thum... BARRY EISLER
When you learn about stories in school, you get it backward. You start to think 'Oh, the reason ... LYNDA BARRY
It's inaccurate to talk about J.J. being a first-time anything. Just because he's telling stories on... LAURENCE FISHBURNE
Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to be an astronaut.
DREW VAN ACKER
How to be a Poet (to remind myself)Make a place to sit down.
Sit down. Be quiet. <...
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DAVID HALLBERG
As a kid, I did want to be an old-timer, since they were the ones with the big stories and the cool ... TOM WAITS When I was a kid, my daily routine was playing make-believe, and I kind of created these stories thr...
NINA ARIANDA I've written poetry since I was a kid. As the years went on, I got into writing stories and scre...
BLAKE JENNER
And because God has entrusted you with such riches, you can use these resources to make a profound d... CRAIG GROESCHEL
If I can write, who possibly can’t. Even drawing a line in the sand is writing BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA As a writer, I share. I share because I dare which would be impossible if I didn't care.
BENJAMIN L. STEWART
I was worried [that] it was going to be [just] the tip of the iceberg on all of these stories. But i... FAMKE JANSSEN I wanted to share the story of my own experiences as a cowboy kid,
MAX EVANS I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been ...
GARRETT DILLAHUNT It may sound ridiculous being just 23 but I've a few good stories I'd like to share. I'm hoping the ...
BILLIE PIPER Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is nev...
A WALK TO REMEMBER GOD IS ALWAYS WITH US HE'S NEVER TOOK A SICK DAY !
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DARIN STRAUSS
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LISA KLEYPAS When looking for evidence that something exists, it's silly to start by assuming that it is impossib...
LEWIS N. ROE Using the scientific knowledge that we currently possess, we can take simple logical steps, backed b...
LEWIS N. ROE Everyone has a story inside them. Some are bedtimes stories, some thrill and others scare and horrif...
C.K. WEBB
He wanted it to be a scholarly book, ... I think if I had been a commercial writer, he would not hav... JAMES HANSEN I used to make short films even as a kid. I used to have a camera and play around with it. So, I was...
DULQUER SALMAAN
The internet is killing the art of writing. The big "publish" button begs you to publish even before... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA One of the challenges for us in creating this exhibit was determining how to create the story of a m...
JUDITH ROSENBAUM Getting to share the stories in my head with other people and have them enjoy those stories, and hav...
GAIL Z. MARTIN Ever since I was a little kid, I always thought about my first start in college football. I was a li...
BLAKE FIELD It's about the power of stories. It's through our stories that we come to know each other and share ...
FAYANNE HAYES
When people begin to define the things that they believe in, based upon the exclusion of all the thi... C. JOYBELL C. A tooth for a tooth, will make the world's inhabitants a people without teeth
SOTONYE ANGA
Why, darling, I don't live at all when I'm not with you. ERNEST HEMINGWAY The atheist might have no proof for the supernatural, but they also have no proof against it. If we ...
LEWIS N. ROE
He said we were all cooked but we were all right as long as we did not know it. We were all cooked. ... ERNEST HEMINGWAY
After Rilke's Letters-- by John VanDyke Wilmerding II
this is my letter to a young ...
RAINER MARIA RILKE
Yes, their reasons are overwhelming. They are as big as hope and as deep as revolt. They are the rea... ALBERT CAMUS
…A city deprived of everything, devoid of light and devoid of heat, starved, and still not crushed... ALBERT CAMUS
Words always take on the color of the deeds or sacrifices they evoke. ALBERT CAMUS
No, no. Don't make that face. Every time I propose to you, you make that twisty, unhappy face. It we... TESSA DARE
Atticus---" ...said Jem bleakly. "How could they do it, how could they?""I don't know, but the...
HARPER LEE Learn to stand for something in life otherwise you will fall for anything that comes along which is ...
EUGINIA HERLIHY We are born different to make a difference.
LISA R. REYNOLDS
Dreams can change histories and songs can alter destinies. TIFFANIE DEBARTOLO
I am grateful that as a reporter and as an anchor, people have allowed me to share their stories. TAMRON HALL
We are focusing on bringing the stories of these women to the world. These stories must be told if w... EVE ENSLER I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowt...
MIKE WHITE
On the red carpet, I saw all these great stories, and I also got to see the plastic surgery up close... STEVEN COJOCARU
I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C.
I was the kind of kid who couldn't really stop making up stories during class. I didn't do v... MEG CABOT It is my joy to share with present and future generations these stories so full of humor, warmth, an...
LINDA BOYNTON PEDERSEN
I got out of school in 2000, and I always wanted to be on 'This American Life,' since I firs... MIKE BIRBIGLIA It sounded a little bit too good to be true about twenty minutes ago, but great energy from the crow...
BONNIE HENRICKSON
If Stephen King was a killer, he will be the best killer ever existed, check out his novels, check o... DEYTH BANGER
But my mom was a pianist, and she taught piano out of her house. I was just so excited, being a litt... VANESSA CARLTON I've always loved movies, since I was a little kid, but I never wanted to be part of that indust...
BENH ZEITLIN Stories that teach, stories that heal: these are the stories people need to hear...
JOHN B. BEJO
I decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb. He was the cartoonist. I s... HARVEY PEKAR Ever since I was a little kid, I always dreamed of being a Big City kid, because I grew up in a very...
DUSTIN MILLIGAN I've been dreaming about this since I was a little kid, since I was 8 years old. I'm just glad these...
BRYAN CLAY We have so many people tell us that it is such a blessing to see these kids get excited about their ...
JENA PROCTOR Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi...
MARIANA FULGER I always wanted to be a writer, and I did want to be a novelist. In college I took a couple of class...
ANNE FADIMAN To be able to make up stories has been a great gift to me from my ancestors and from the storyteller...
LESLIE MARMON SILKO
You may all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas. 
Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands... 
In the present state of our knowledge, it would be useless to attempt to speculate on the remote cau... 
We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of... 
The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures. 
The art galleries of Paris contain the finest collection of frames I ever saw. 
The wealth and prosperity of the country are only the comeliness of the body, the fullness of the fl... 
I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes. 
The most important of my discoveries has been suggested to me by my failures. 