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As writers go, I have a skin of average thickness. I am pleased by a good review, disappointed by a bad. None of it penetrates far enough to influence the thing I write next.

As writers go, I have a skin of average thickness. I am pleased by a good review, disappointed by a bad. None of it penetrates far enough to influence the thing I write next.

Rachel Cusk

As writers, it is our job not only to imagine, but to witness.

As writers, it is our job not only to imagine, but to witness.

Dani Shapiro

As writers, we do our best to conjure a world so vivid that the reader can practically walk through it - but we're still only using words and relying on readers to do a lot of work of imagining. Providing pictures as well as words offers a whole new dimension to the experience of consuming a story.

Sharon Shinn

As writers, we don't just need to write about poverty or war or the immigrant experience.

As writers, we don't just need to write about poverty or war or the immigrant experience.

Jennifer Gilmore

As writers, we have to make our own work - as bloggers, writing for video games, whatever we can do. Everyone breaks into the business in a different way.

As writers, we have to make our own work - as bloggers, writing for video games, whatever we can do. Everyone breaks into the business in a different way.

Ransom Riggs

As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers.

As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers.

Michael Cunningham

As writers, we must keep throwing problems at our characters. Conflict is the heart of good storytelling. Hiking in nature along a twisting trail can remind us what a good story feels like. It's the opposite of a treadmill - or an interstate highway.

Kate Klise

As writers, we only aim to please. Or we aimed to please as children, which is why we became writers.

As writers, we only aim to please. Or we aimed to please as children, which is why we became writers.

Maurissa Tancharoen

As ye sow, so shall ye reap. When a ballet company spends a lot of money on gimmicky pieces, it's stuck with them for a while - they have to earn their keep.

As ye sow, so shall ye reap. When a ballet company spends a lot of money on gimmicky pieces, it's stuck with them for a while - they have to earn their keep.

Robert Gottlieb

As years go by, chances of winning here are getting slimmer. That's just a matter of fact. It does get tougher, but it's possible, there's a tiny little chance.

As years go by, chances of winning here are getting slimmer. That's just a matter of fact. It does get tougher, but it's possible, there's a tiny little chance.

Stefan Edberg

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