"It's misleading to think of writers as special creatures, word sorcerers who possess some sort of magical knowledge hidden from everyone else. Writers are ordinary people who like to write. They feel the urge to write, and they scratch that itch every chance they get."

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Source : Ralph Fletcher (2010). “How Writers Work: Finding a Process That Works for You”, p.5, Harper Collins

Ralph Fletcher

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“As much as I remember, I just thought, I want to sing a song that starts normal and ends crazy.”
“No one ever swung too slowly.”
“I'm much more comfortable and confident running out on the field in front of 70,000 people instead of standing in front of a camera trying to say some lines.”
“We'll meet you here. Hopefully everyone will be in human form." A wry smile. "Though I'll warn you, he's not a whole lot more pleasant that way. At least as a wolf, he can't talk.”
“Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.”

Source : "Ai Weiwei 'Does Not Feel Powerful". BBC, October 13, 2011.
“Sometimes I get, "Have you ever thought about doing real music?" I like to think the music I do is real, it just happens to be funny.”
“Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing, Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms, Strong and content I travel the open road.”
“The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.”

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