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“People really want to believe that there is no fiction. I think they find it much easier to imagine that novelists are writing memoirs, writing about their lives, because it's difficult to conceive that there's a great imaginary life in which you can participate.”

People Thinking Want Writing Believe Difficult Fiction Imagine Easier Memoir Novelists Imaginary Imagine That Imaginary Life

Author:Mark Leyner

“What I look for in any character, good or bad, is whether I can hear him speak. If I can imagine him that clearly, then I can write about him.”

Ifs Writing Looks I Can Character Speak Imagine

Author:Thomas Perry

“Probably careful plotting reflects my personality. I am meticulous by nature. I can't imagine speed-writing anything that happens to pop into my head.”

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Author:William Landay

“You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.”

Knows Writing I Can Novel Imagine Writing Poetry

Author:Vikram Seth

“To say that I enjoyed writing... is like saying I enjoy having fingers and toes. It's difficult to imagine life without them.”

Writing Enjoy Difficult Imagine Fingers Enjoyed Toes Fingers And Toes

Book:Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia

Source: Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia

“The fact that I'm shouting that I have Gangnam style makes people crack up. Imagine if Brad Pitt was singing the song - would it be funny? A twist is important when it comes to writing lyrics.”

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Author:PSY

“Imagine you are writing an email. You are in front of the computer. You are operating the computer, clicking a mouse and typing on a keyboard, but the message will be sent to a human over the internet. So you are working before the computer, but with a human behind the computer.”

Writing Humans Behinds Imagine Fronts Internet Computer Messages Mice Email Keyboards Typing

Author:Yukihiro Matsumoto

“It is a very good exercise, at least from a historian's point of view, to imagine oneself a devout pagan while reading various Christian writings.”

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Author:Ramsay MacMullen

“I couldn't imagine, and I don't say this with any pride, but I really couldn't imagine writing without a desperate deadline.”

Writing Imagine Pride Desperate Deadline

Book:Ancient Gonzo Wisdom

Source: Ancient Gonzo Wisdom

“The art of writing is not, as many seem to imagine, the art of bringing fine phrases into rhythmical order, but the art of placing before the reader intelligible symbols of the thoughts and feelings in the writer's mind.”

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Book:The Principles of Success in Literature

Source: The Principles of Success in Literature