"Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing."

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Source : E. L. Doctorow, Christopher D. Morris (1999). “Conversations with E.L. Doctorow”, p.9, Univ. Press of Mississippi

E. L. Doctorow

#Inspiration Quotes #Writing Quotes #Talking Quotes

“I feel like a lot has changed - ebooks are a much more valid format and bigger presses are taking less chances. As a bookseller, there are less real bookstores and more people buying on-line. As a writer, I think there are fewer paths to break through on a big press, but on the other hand there are more small presses doing awesome work now. Overall, artistically, I think it's a pretty exciting time in the literary world.”

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“If you need to pursue your interests, do not expect anyone else to do it for you.”
“Any good actor is a character actor.”

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“Avoid food products containing ingredients that are A) unfamiliar B) unpronounceable C) more than five in number or that include D) high-fructose corn syrup”
“Second place is the first loser.”
“I look at the story, I look at the idea and just try to think of it in terms of that whole body of myth and see where the characters fit in and what they ought to be doing-all those archetypes are there to play with.”
“It doesn't have to be pretty. It has to be meaningful.”
“Some people do not eat cow meat. I do so, provided it's tender.”

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