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A great writer reveals the truth even when he or she does not wish to. — Tom Bissell

I always knew writing a novel was a great thing. — James Salter

I like heist movies. I like action movies that set all the elements into one and a chance to do something that comes from a great stable of writing. — Jason Statham

Whether we like it or not, life has a lot of drama and pain. But God is writing a great story. Are we going to let Him? Are we going to trust Him? — Beth Moore

Putting words on paper regularly is part of the necessary discipline of writing. A journal is a great way to do that. — Pearl Cleage

I've loved doing 'E.R.' for the quality of the writing and the great people I get to work with. — Julie Bowen

A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated. — Robert Benchley

Four great adventures; read, learn, write and travel. — Lailah Gifty Akita

She was the reason I started to write but her beauty is kept me writing. — Brandon Villasenor

I know I'm not a great writer. I'm an extremely gifted oral communicator, but when it comes to writing, I'm just a beginner. — Marianne Williamson

A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits. — Edith Sitwell

My father was a frustrated writer. I think he wanted to write the great American novel. — Anne Waldman

When you're writing for a TV show, what's great is that you always know what actor you're writing to. — Michael Brandt

It's great to be here. — A.D. Posey

If I'm writing something and I'm not feeling mischievous, then I know it's not going to be great. — Elizabeth Meriwether

Gertrude Stein said, "I write for myself and strangers." I would say I write for myself, strangers and the great dead. — Edward Hirsch

Sondheim is my god; I love the man. I learned a great deal about writing from his work, his lyrics, and his structure. — Richard LaGravenese

Great books make a great life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Don't try to follow any trends, just concentrate on writing great songs and knowing your instrument. All the other stuff will fall into place. — Steven Adler

I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters. — Kathy Reichs

Improve yourself by other men's writings thus attaining effortlessly what they acquired through great difficulty. — Socrates

Every great novel begins with a single word. One word, followed by another and another and another. Sentences forming paths to that dream. — Pamela Morris

I've always had a great love of music since childhood. It changes every day.. every time you write, it's a new experience. It's a self expression. — Edgar Winter

When I'm in heavy-duty writing mode, there's something great about reading a series. Soothing, but not distracting too much. — Lauren Willig

Whenever you are fed up with life, start writing: ink is the great cure for all human ills, as I have found out long ago. — C.S. Lewis

There is no great writing, only great rewriting. — Louis D. Brandeis

I gave Joss Whedon and Judd Apatow their first writing jobs, as well as many other untried writers who went on to great success. — Roseanne Barr

I would probably do anything with David Mamet. He's so great. I just love his writing. — Val Kilmer

Writing has to have a great deal of certainty and self-assurance, but it's not arrogant. — Jeanette Winterson

It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing. — Clive Owen

I love great writing. I like interesting characters. I like to work with people who push me to be better, to elevate my game. — Julie Ann Emery

Packs a Huge Emotional Punch! Graceful Writing, Great Acting, Exquisite Direction, Suspense, Profound Subject Matter and It Rocks! — Rex Reed

Writing is something that's great because you get to write every thought that's on your mind; you take your time. — Kendra Wilkinson

Great places, great memories. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Allegories drawn to great length will always break. — Samuel Johnson

My favorite piece of technical writing: Assembly of Japanese bicycle require great peace of mind. — Robert M. Pirsig

If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule - a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last. — John Steinbeck

I try not to picture a reader when I'm writing. It's like trying to make a great table but not picturing anybody sitting at it. — Sadie Jones

I don't enjoy any of the process of writing. I enjoy it when it goes on if it zings and it has great warmth and import and it's successful. — Rod Serling

A great writer has all 4 - but you can still be a good writer with only 1 and 2. — Susan Sontag

I'm such a huge fan of fan fiction, to me it's a great way for readers to become writers. It's like putting the training wheels on for writing. — Hugh Howey

Being an editor has been a source of great satisfaction, but writing is the thing I truly love. — Bill Keller

There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful. — Nicholas Sparks

How many great gems were lost to thought
and not put down to pen.
You can but think of just a few
and then they're lost again. — L.F.Young

Writing is an affair of yearning for great voyages and hauling on frayed ropes. — Israel Shenker

My thesis statement would be - Bach didn't write Baroque music. He wrote great music. — Chris Thile

Some writing and production projects will be a great way to spend my elderly rock years. — Geddy Lee

It's a great euphoria when you reach that writing zone. — Paul T. Scheuring

I've got my own studio, so I sit in my studio writing and if I get a great take, that's the take. — Kid Rock

The great thing about revision is that it's your opportunity to fake being brilliant. — Will Shetterly

I plan less and less. It's a great benefit of writing lots, that you get good at holding long narratives in your head like a virtual space. — Jonathan Lethem

I get a great high from writing. — Walter Hill

Great content inspires action. — Dane Brookes

The name of a great writer is usually bigger than the title of his book. Both literally and figuratively. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

If certain Critics were as clearsighted as they are malignant, how great would be the benefit to be derived from their writings! — Percy Bysshe Shelley

Use what you stand for and what you oppose as a foundation to write great content that resonates with readers and creates a ripple effect. — Mark Twain

Writing a novel is like going a great distance to take a small shit. — Harlan Ellison

I wish developing great products was as easy as writing a check. If that was the case, Microsoft would have great products. — Steve Jobs

Here, beside this great black surface that is my desk, I feel as though I am on a desert island. — Etty Hillesum

There is a mystery in all great writing and that mystery does not dissect out. It continues and is always valid. — Ernest Hemingway,

Realism isn't something most people associate with the fantasy genre, yet it's an essential element of great fantasy writing. — Lynn Flewelling

Writing has become my great joy - I simply love it. — Dawn French

Be a great writer when you write your life's song. — Debasish Mridha

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I am always writing a potpourri of music. I want to give the world escapism through the wonder of great music and to reach the masses. — Michael Jackson

I'm not a great writer. I'm a great rewriter. — Paddy Chayefsky

Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words. — Baron De Montesquieu

Without great writing, you've got a bunch of actors bumping into each other. — Bob Newhart

Literature has done great work for feminism - writing and reading are a practice of empathy - and great literature will continue to do so. — Julianna Baggott

The research. It is always the best part of writing. And, of course, it is the great excuse to travel. — Michael Scott

I know writers for whom the act of writing is a necessary chore. They suffer to write great work. I am very lucky that for me writing is a delight. — Denise Duhamel

As a writer, I always tend to take the liberty and the great artistic luxury of a composite form of writing. — Dwight Yoakam

Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. — John Steinbeck

Reading while I'm writing ideally inspires my competitive side. When I read great writers, I want to be a better writer. — Amity Gaige

My early life has given me a great deal to draw on, certainly - but would I have swapped a happy childhood for the writing? Yes. — Bruce Robinson

I write songs to handle emotional pain. I guess what they say is true: with every heartache comes a great song. I also pray and have great friends. — Matt Sorum

Use all this life to make yourself a great writer, thoughtful and kind, slowly, surely over the years. — T.K. Naliaka

Names that tell stories have been worth millions of dollars. So a great deal of research often proceeds the selection of a name — Claude C. Hopkins

A great performance like Lady Macbeth may be forgotten. Writing endures. — Susan Strasberg

Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page, the writing is so original. — Carl Hiaasen

There is a great deal that either has to be given up or be taken away from you if you are going to succeed in writing a body of work. — Susan Sontag

A good story is one liked. A great story is one that challenges thought, defiant and gets mouths talking. — Veronica Purcell

A great story is impossible to forget. — A.D. Posey

It doesn't take five novels to become a great writer ... it takes one novel rewritten five different times. — B. Chancellor Burgweger

Letters are the real curse of my existence. I hate to write them: I have to. If I don't, there they are - the great guilty gates barring my way. — Katherine Mansfield

Being a great writer is not the same as writing great. — John Updike

I'd rather write great songs because the word "commercial" is so subjective — Beth Nielsen Chapman

All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. — Leo Tolstoy

The greatest artists see what is invisible to the masses. — A.D. Posey

Great novelists are philosopher-novelists who write in images instead of arguments. — Albert Camus

Writing a great script - not just a good one, but a great one - is almost an impossible task. — Michael Arndt

I think the internet is a great marketing tool
but marketing is not my job. I'm a writer. My job is to write novels. — Bentley Little

I don't find writing easy. That is because I do take great care; I rewrite a lot. — Ruth Rendell

A great story can change the world. — Stewart Stafford

I have a great book. It's called Stantasyland. Except I don't have the money to buy a million copies to put it on the bestsellers list. — Stanley Victor Paskavich

The truth is, writing is this: hard and boring and occasionally great but usually not. — Amy Poehler

Smiles from girls like you are what started the Trojan War. — Amanda Lance

I'm sick of being known as the sexy guy that writes great songs. — Tom DeLonge

All you ever really want is a great character and great writing. As an actor, that's the juiciest sandwich you could ever ask for. — Jill Scott

There's such good writing now on television and I don't see a lot of great writing on films sadly. — Scott Speedman