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Quote by Walter Mosley

“My job is writing for people to enjoy and then writing about a broader and a deeper world.”

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Walter Mosley is an American novelist, best known for his detective novel series featuring Easy Rawlins. His works blend literary value with social commentary, earning him a wide readership. more

“One of the things that I love about being a writer is this. I wake up every day and I write for three hours. I wake up early. So like 6:00, 7:00 in the morning, I write till 9:00 or 10:00. I live in New York, nobody even is breathing until 9:00 or 10:00 in the morning. So, it's like my writing life is completely removed from the rest of my life.”

Writing Life Is Three Hours Morning New York Wake Up Breathing Writing Life Up Early

Author:Walter Mosley

“One wouldn't want to say that what makes a good writer is the number of books that the writer wrote because you could write a whole number of bad books. Books that don't work, mediocre books, or there's a whole bunch of people in the pulp tradition who have done that. They just wrote... and actually they didn't write a whole bunch of books, they just wrote one book many times.”

People Want Writing Book Done Whole Numbers Tradition Bunch Mediocre Good Writers Pulp

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“When you talk about painters and you talk about painters painting masterpieces, there is no painter who painted only one painting and that was a masterpiece. You have to do a whole bunch of paintings to get to the place of mastering your craft.”

Whole Painting Bunch Painter Crafts Masterpiece

Author:Walter Mosley

“The idea of being productive, the idea of producing many books is going to lead you toward you becoming a better and better writer.”

Book Ideas Becoming Productive

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“TV is very much my first love. I love this world. It's where writers have the most creative control, and I just love that.”

World Firsts Creative This World Tvs First Love

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