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book writing long
My theory about writing is that one should write books you'd like to read, but no one else has written yet. So, as long as I stick with that, I'm entertaining myself, and then hopefully my readers as well. I hope to god I realize that I'm repeating myself, if I ever do. But if I don't, I'm sure my readers will let me know. Charles de Lint
book writing want
I don't actually talk about my books much, because I find if I talk about them I don't want to write them anymore. I write to find out what happens. You know how you read a book? That's what I'm doing except I'm just doing it a lot slower because it takes a lot longer to do. Charles de Lint
book writing seven
I'm really bad at describing my books. Journalists like to have things like "It's The Terminator Meets the Seven Dwarfs." And I can't do that with my books. If I could, I probably wouldn't write them. Charles de Lint
book writing differences
To me there's no difference between writing YA and adult except that in YA I make the book a little shorter and the protagonists are teens. The difference is in the readers. Charles de Lint
book night cities
I like living in the city where I have all my books and music and can go out to buy that night's dinner or easily see a band. But I also like the wild places, especially hiking in the desert and the Eastern woodlands. Do I have to choose? Charles de Lint
book biblical world
The New Testament is the very best book that ever was or ever will be known in the world. Charles Dickens
book beer words-of-wisdom
No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot. Charles Dickens
book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts. Charles Dickens
pity comment misfortunes
Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them. Charles Caleb Colton
pity-love words-of-wisdom thank-god
... Treachery don't come natural to beaming youth; but trust and pity, love and constancy,-they do, thank God! Charles Dickens
pity figures should
It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head. Charles Spurgeon
pity instinct just-listen
Just listen to your instincts. Don't talk to someone or start a relationship out of pity. Chris Bosh
pity laugh-at-yourself whining
Never take yourself too seriously. Ariana Grande
pity poor relation
They tell us that "Pity is akin to Love;" if so, Pity must be a poor relation. Arthur Helps
pity disgusting
Pity is always twinged with disgust. Daniel Quinn
pity speaking writers
Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds. Arundhati Roy
pity public taken
Unfortunately this has come after a lot of public pressure. It's a pity it's taken too long to happen. Maina Kiai
written
'Swimming Pool' was a very important moment for me because the character was written for me. Ludivine Sagnier
written
I've done episodic television and some other things that have been written by other people. Lisa Cholodenko
written
I think in some ways, you end up with more interesting storytelling with series, because if you've written yourself into a corner with something in book 1, you have to be cleverer to get out of it. Sarah Pinborough
written
Language and written language are the only real way we have to see inside another person's thoughts and to know what makes another person human. Without writing, we just wouldn't have that kind of access. Carol Windley
written
He has written his own part in Arsenal's history, David Dein
written
When something is written for you or handed to you, sometimes there's a very interesting dance as you discover what it is that's required. Mark Sheppard
written
We haven't written off the title. If they stumble, we will go after our chance. Thomas Schaaf
written
I was quiet for a year but I had 4,000 articles written about me. Heather Mills
written
The average American doesn't realize how much of the laws are written by lobbyists. Eric Schmidt