I don't write to create performance material; I write to make books. Amy Gerstler bookcreatemake Change image and share on social
I don't write to give joy to readers but to give them a conscience. Pramoedya Ananta Toer consciencegivejoy Change image and share on social
I don't write tracts, I write novels. I'm not a preacher, I'm a fiction writer. Ursula K. Le Guin fictionnovelpreacher Change image and share on social
I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed. Barry Hannah countryfaulknerfind Change image and share on social
I don't write well when I'm sitting there sweating about every single phrase. Doris Lessing phrasesinglesit Change image and share on social
I don't write with a scheme or a plan. I write word to word, so whatever that first sentence is, having said that, one more or less had to say what comes next and next and next. Guilty of no cogitation or forethought. Padgett Powell cogitationforethoughtguilty share on social
I don't write women who are weak or simpering. P. C. Cast simperweakwoman Change image and share on social
I don't - you know, I'm very disillusioned with our political system. If we don't wake up in America and realize that we have to vote out of our courage and integrity for candidates who reflect our own beatitudes, and not the beatitudes of the war machine and the corporations, we are - we're doomed. Cindy Sheehan americabeatitudecandidate share on social