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All writers are mimics, and I'm not interested in picking up somebody else's style or voice.


Thomas Perry
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When I was in graduate school, I had a teacher who said to me, 'Women writers should marry somebody who thinks writing is cute. Because if they really realised what writing was, they would run a mile.'
Lorrie Moore
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I always thought it would be funny to have the Parents Television Council write an episode of 'Family Guy' and give them full creative control. Then see how good the episode is. That's something we've actually discussed in the writers' room. We haven't proposed it yet, but if somebody from the PTC reads this, it might be worth discussing.
Seth MacFarlane
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It's business, selling comics, you work out what sells and you don't want to muck about with it too much.
Eddie Campbell
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I went door-to-door selling cable television subscriptions when I was in college. Not to date myself, but cable was just coming on. I had terrible territories, and they would give me $25, if I got somebody to let them come and just put the little cord in their house.
Greg Kinnear
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I started selling out comedy clubs before I got to town with no advertising. I was selling out theaters just on the rumor that I was going to be there.
Ron White
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I think when writers play with dragons, we are simply doing what fantasy writers have always done.


Robin Hobb
Though I still have no semblance of a life outside of Nine Inch Nails at the moment, I realize my goals have gone from getting a record deal or selling another record to being a better person, more well-rounded, having friends, having a relationship with somebody.
Trent Reznor
There's a view of Montana writing that seems stage-managed by the Chamber of Commerce - it's all about writers like A. B. Guthrie and Ivan Doig. It used to bother me that nobody had a scene where somebody was delivering a pizza.
Thomas McGuane
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I always find it flattering when somebody recognizes me.


Rick Moranis
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I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.
Harlan Coben
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I've always loved brainstorming with other writers, and I consider having my work critiqued a part of that brainstorming.
Jay Asher
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Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there.


Beverly Cleary
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There's always this sense of incredulity that writers feel, because they're usually living flat and ordinary lives, because they have to.
Doris Lessing
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When somebody wants to interview me, I've always got something to say.


Pete Rose
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.


Karen Elson
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I've always wanted to make music like people write plays, so I was inspired by writers as much as musicians.
St. Vincent
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I always figure, you come to a party, you gotta know somebody. And somebody leads to another person and leads to somebody else, somebody else. That's one of things that I really enjoy doing.
Isiah Whitlock, Jr.
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There is always a certain leap of faith that editors have made with their nonfiction writers. If the trust is broken, things can get very embarrassing for the writers and the publisher.
A. Scott Berg
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I can say with full sincerity that I am happy. I'm happy because I'm doing what I love and I'm not selling out.
Columbus Short
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