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Writers have to be observant. Every nuance, every inflection in a voice, the quality of air, even - they all get mixed up in this soup of the story developing in our minds.

Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.

Writers have to have a knack for listening. I need to be able to hear what is being said to me by the voices I create.

Writers have to put up with this editor thing; it is ageless and eternal and wrong.

Writers have told me more than once that I'm a better interview in defeat than in victory, which is a compliment I am extremely proud of.

Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail.

Writers keep writing and publishers publishing - it never grows boring.

Writers know that sometimes things are there in the drawer for decades before they finally come out and you are capable of writing about them.

Writers let themselves be enticed by the language.

Writers like John T. Edge, whose work is all about the cultural histories behind food, have done so much to show that these stories are a really vital part of our cultural heritage.