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“I started writing when I had three kids under the age of 4. I used to write every ten minutes I got to sit in front of a computer. Now, when I have more time, I function the same way: if it's writing time, I write.” — Jodi Picoult

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“Substitute 'd--n' every time you're inclined to write 'very'; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” — Mark Twain

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“I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.” — Winston Churchill

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“When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.” — Carl Sandburg

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“Writing is hard work and bad for the health.” — E. B. White

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“I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.” — Steven Wright

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“Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.” — E. B. White

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“I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.” — Ernest Hemingway

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“In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.” — Gore Vidal

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“Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.” — William Shakespeare

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