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“If you have a story that seems worth telling, and you think you can tell it worthily, then the thing for you to do is to tell it, regardless of whether it has to do with sex, sailors or mounted policemen.” ~ Dashiell Hammett

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“There is only one plot-things are not what they seem.” ~ Jim Thompson

“Years ago, I heard an interview with violinist Yehudi Menuhin. The interviewer said, “Do you still practice?” And he said, “I practice every day.” He said, “If I skip a day, I can hear it. If I skip two days, the conductor can hear it. And if I skip three days, the audience can hear it.” Oh, yes, you have to keep that muscle firm.” ~ Donald E. Westlake

“I would never write something that made me uncomfortable. Im not sure its even possible.” ~ Lori Roberts

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“When I began writing, the words that inspired me were these: A writer is someone who has written today. If you want to be a writer, whats stopping you?” ~ J. A. Janice

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“When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, ‘I am going to produce a work of art.’ I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing.”
~ George Orwell

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“Storytelling is at the heart of life… In finding our own story, we assemble all the parts of ourselves. Whatever kind of mess we have made of it, we can somehow see the totality of who we are and recognize how our blunderings are related. We can own what we did and value who we are, not because of the outcome but because of the soul story that propelled us.” ~ Marion Woodman

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“I have never thought of myself as a good writer. Anyone who wants reassurance of that should read one of my first drafts. But I’m one of the world’s great rewriters.”

~ James A. Michener 

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“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” ~ Louis L’Amour