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Written Quotes - Page 6

Every soldier in the course of time exists only in the breath of written word.

Ivan Doig (2009). “The Eleventh Man”, p.18, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Warm Bodies ended up becoming one of the most personal relatable things I've written.

"Q&A with Warm Bodies author Isaac Marion". Interview with Tim Hall, blog.seattlepi.com. January 29, 2013.

I do not like to write - I like to have written.

Gloria Steinem (2012). “Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions”, p.42, Open Road Media

What helped me most were my failures and slumps - when I couldn't get work, people weren't interested in me or had written me off.

"Frank Langella - An Actor Matured". Interview with Barbara Isenberg, www.deseretnews.com. June 15, 1993.

I've never written the things I'd like to write that I've admired all my life. Maybe one never does.

Elizabeth Bishop, George Monteiro (1996). “Conversations with Elizabeth Bishop”, p.119, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Once something is well-written, then everything else is gravy.

"Billy Campbell Talks THE ROCKETEER 20th Anniversary Blu-ray and Season Finale of THE KILLING". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 31, 2011.

Don't look back until you've written an entire draft.

"Ten rules for writing fiction" by Will Self, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

Writers are often the worst judges of what they have written.

Stephen King (2007). “Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales”, p.70, Simon and Schuster

The greatest history book ever written is the one hidden in our DNA.

Spencer Wells (2012). “The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey”, p.195, Random House

No book was ever written down by any but itself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.317, Library of America