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Quote by Ken MacLeod

“The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write and keep on writing.”

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Ken MacLeod, born on August 2, 1954, is a renowned science fiction writer known for his profound philosophical insights and complex future world settings. His works explore themes such as artificial intelligence, politics, and social change. more

“I write to tell stories. I believe that there a some professions in the world that will last forever: doctor or a nurse, teacher, builder and a storyteller. I write also to become myself, more so day by day. Writing is a way to shape out visible and invisible, in myself as well as in the world.”

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Author:Eppu Nuotio

“In the same way that a woman becomes a prostitute. First I did it to please myself, then I did it to please my friends, and finally I did it for money.”

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Author:Ferenc Molnar

“It is not a bad idea to get in the habit of writing down one's thoughts. It saves one having to bother anyone else with them.”

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Book:The Shooting Party

Source: The Shooting Party

“The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.”

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Author:Edwin Schlossberg

“Writing is thinking on paper.”

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Author:William Zinsser

“In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.”

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Author:L. Sprague de Camp

“One has to live a life that creates a writer.”

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Author:Erno Paasilinna

“When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.”

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Author:Enrique Jardiel Poncela

“I'd rather be caught holding up a bank than stealing so much as a two-word phrase from another writer.”

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Author:Jack Smith

“The writer, like everyone else, is equipped in infancy with a thick padding of things he believes to be true, but which aren't.”

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Book:Writing for story: craft secrets of dramatic nonfiction by a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner

Source: Writing for story: craft secrets of dramatic nonfiction by a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner

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