"The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page."

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Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction" by Elmore Leonard, Diana Athill, Margaret Atwood, Roddy Doyle, Helen Dunmore, Geoff Dyer, Anne Enright, Richard Ford, Jonathan Franzen, Esther Freud, Neil Gaiman, David Hare, PD James, AL Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

Anne Enright

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“The first time I went to Taiwan, there were cameras, paparazzi, TV stations outside my hotel twenty-four hours a day nonstop.”
“Don't mistake routine for commitment, just showing up is not enough.”
“I think I have a reputation for being really serious. In interviews I use big words, but I'm just an emotional goofball. I play practical jokes all the time.”
“Listen how they say your name. If they can't say that right, there's no way they're going to know how to treat you proper, neither.”

Source : "7 Ways To Stand Up To Racism", www.oprah.com. May 2017.
“Never give up! Keep practicing - it's the only way to get better. But don't lose sight of the outside world. As an artist, you have to connect with the world around you, or you've got nothing to inspire you. Learn from everything and everyone, good or bad. It's just as important to learn what not to do, as well as what to do, in art, in life.”
“a diplomat ... is not worthy of the name unless he can say 'no' and make the other person like it - or at least not be offended by it.”
“You get to a certain age and it really occurs to you: "My mother and my father will not always be here. My spouse or my girlfriend or boyfriend are here right now, but someday they won't be." You realize that you need to like yourself.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I recognized him then; that is, I finally comprehended what I had known but had never been able to formulate: he had always been complete. He had finished the work of becoming himself, long before any of us could even imagine such a feat was possible.”

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