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Writing Quotes

I need solitude for my writing; not 'like a hermit' - that wouldn't be enough - but like a dead man
Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen
There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them.
It usually takes me 20 to 90 minutes to write a song because once I start, I don't stop. If I start writing a song, and you try to have a conversation with me, you're a bad person.
You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write
Revision is the heart of writing. Every page I do is done over seven or eight times.
Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia
Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced
Writing is a delicious agony
Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money
I spent a lot of time star-gazing, writing, and learning languages when the other kids were doing cooler things in Detroit.