- "Planning to write is not writing. Outlining--researching--talking to people about what you’re doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing."
(E. L. Doctorow) - "If you want to write, write it. That's the first rule."
(Robert Parker) - "If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not--and the odds are against it--go to your desk, no matter what your mood, face the icy challenge of the paper--write."
(J. B. Priestly) - "To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write."
(Gertrude Stein) - "The writer's duty is to keep on writing."
(William Styron) - "Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun."
(Daniel Pinkwater)
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