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When I suddenly realised that coincidence is a word we use whe we are ignorant of the real causes
— Albert Salvado
Dialogue should convey a sense of spontaneity but eliminate the repetitiveness of real talk.
— Elizabeth Bowen
The real Julian Wells didn't die in a cherry-red convertible, overdosing on a highway in Joshua Tree while a choir soared over the sound track.
— Bret Easton Ellis
It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.
— Sinclair Lewis
Writers who have the vision and the ability to produce real fiction do not produce unreal fiction.
— Raymond Chandler
Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two absolute necessities. The other, unfortunately, is talent.
— Ernest Hemingway,
'being published' is not the same as being a real writer.
— Scarlett Thomas
The real reason for quest is always self-knowledge.
— Thomas C. Foster
The real geniuses know where their writing has to be good and where they can get away with some mediocrity.
— Dmitri Shostakovich
Most leadership writing today advises us on how to prosper within the system. I believe real leadership is about transforming the system.
— Ziad K. Abdelnour
A real writer learns from earlier writers the way a boy learns from an apple orchard by stealing what he has a taste for, and can carry off — Archibald MacLeish
Real quality means making sure that people are proud of the code they write, that they're involved and taking it personally.
— Linus Torvalds
After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right direction.
— Alice Hoffman
Nobody with any real sense of humor *can* write a love story ... Shakespeare is the exception that proves the rule. (90-91)
— L.M. Montgomery
The world I create in writing compensates for what the real world does not give me.
— Gloria E. Anzaldua
No writing has any real value which is not the expression of genuine thought and feeling.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
In real life, couples bond and war over a million different things. The causes of divorce are like beautiful, unique snowflakes.
— Howard Mittelmark
You dive deeper, you strip away the cleverness and the words become more important than your ego and that's when you know it's real, when it's good.
— Kamal Ravikant
I began writing fiction because it was the only way to tell all the intricacies of a real-life spy story.
— David Ignatius
What I am interested in, what I write and care about, exists in the slow lane, somewhere between hand-ploughed fields and a pint of real ale.
— Fennel Hudson
Writers need their writing; they need their imaginary worlds in order to find piece in, or make sense of, the real world.
— Terry Brooks
Not writing the same kind of book over and over again is to me the real pleasure of what I do.
— Bill Bryson
It's when you've stopped writing and are doing other things, especially when you're asleep, that the real work is done.
— Robert Harris
For me, the real pleasure in writing is in having an excuse to pursue my curiosity about people who have meant something to me.
— Robert Gottlieb
When I write my book, Ill tell the real story of Cheryl
— Louis Walsh
When I write I am the real me.
— Ann Rinaldi
Our books are the deepest glimpses into our souls, the most raw and real anybody will ever find us.
— Melodie Ramone
...but for the Girl Writing A Letter these things don't matter, she's got a beer in her free hand, she's on the road, she's real and she's in love.
— William Carpenter
The author: an imaginary person who writes real books.
— Edward Abbey
The way I would live my life is: never do something in real life that I would not want to write about in my Autobiography.
— Siddharth Katragadda
The real hero of programming is the one who writes negative code,
— Douglas McIlroy
The trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn't.
— Iain M. Banks
Bring on the controversy. I write real life. It's harsh and sometimes gritty, but it's real. Why should we tip toe around that?
— Shandy L. Kurth
The cookbooks and the writing in general have been a real bonus, but it's not something I've ever pursued ... I've been lucky, I guess.
— Padma Lakshmi
Real letter-writing ... is founded on a need as old and as young as humanity itself, the need that one human being has of another.
— Agnes Repplier
When I am writing a story it feels as real as the life I am experiencing off the page. It's an emotional illusion, I guess.
— Tayari Jones
What is your suggestion for someone who wants to start writing? Be a reader. It's the only real way to learn how to tell a story.
— Natalie Babbitt
The great art of writing is the art of making people real to themselves with words.
— Logan Pearsall Smith
I've often thought I would like to try to write a conventional novel, but I just don't know enough about the real world to write one.
— Jim Woodring
When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real. That is my world, you could say.
— Haruki Murakami
For the real writers, every decision is either write or wrong.
— Richelle E. Goodrich
I don't *ever* write about real people. Art is supposed to be better than that. If you want a slice of life, look out the window.
— Barbara Kingsolver
The pen is mightier than the sword unless it's a real sword in which case the guy with the pen should run away fast.
— Roger Eschbacher
A real and admirable writer is the one who can write good books but can take criticisms better.
— Nicholaa Spencer
I really like writing from real-life experiences. Audiences seem to prefer the stuff I couldn't have made up.
— Rebel Wilson
The real power of comics is writing as you draw.
— Chris Ware
I like writing because you can make things happen and turn out the way they never do in real life.
— Rob Reiner
Just by writing this story, I thought that I am the real monster, I had the feeling that I am doing it.... it was just awful!
— Deyth Banger
The more interesting the 9-to-5 work is, the more it takes away from my real work, which is writing.
— Judith Rossner
Imagination is the real magic that exists in this world. Look inwards, to see outwards. And capture it in writing.
— Fennel Hudson
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
In the life of a real writer, nothing is ever lost, no word you write is a waste of your time or energy.
— Larry Brooks
I do think most poets are in denial about what the real taboos in writing arethe real boundaries. — Katy Lederer
The difference between fanfic and a "real" novel is that fanfic is honest about its inspiration.
— Mary Robinette Kowal
Writing, real writing, should leave a small sweet bruise somewhere on the writer ... and on the reader.
— Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Don't mistake a good setup for a satisfying conclusion - many beginning writers end their stories when the real story is just ready to begin.
— Stanley Schmidt
My real friends never hearin from me, fake friends write the wrong answers on the mirror for me
— Drake
The real fear isn't rejection, but that there won't be enough time in your life to write all the stories that you have in you.
— Ray Bradbury
Writing was my real life and I was more at home with the people of my imagination than with the best I met in the objective world.
— Gertrude Atherton
Research is not an obstacle, something to be frightened of. It can be one of the real joys of writing.
— Anthony Marra
I think when you write an enigmatic character into a film, you have to have real confidence that the audience are going to go with it.
— Gemma Arterton
Orwell says somewhere that no one ever writes the real story of their life. The real story of a life is the story of its humiliations.
— Vijay Seshadri
The real difference between those who want to write and those that do, is that those that do get up every day and do it.
— Leonard Wolf
To write does not mean to convert the real into words but to make the power of the word real.
— Augusto Roa Bastos
Never interrupt an author when he or she is 'in the zone', else you'll understand the real meaning of 'writer's nib'.
— Fennel Hudson
The best lie is the one that has an element of truth, so it's good to include something real in your fiction.
— Renee Conoulty
The only real advice you can give anyone is to keep writing.
— David Sedaris
