Richard Wolanski

Germany born. Georgia raised. Cuddly Atheist. Author of the Annamation Series.

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@JRMurdock Me too! Geniuses think alike?

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@RichardWolanski That's how MOST of my books get started!

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There is no idea so stupid or hackneyed that a sufficiently-talented writer can't get a good story out of it. #LawrenceWattEvans

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The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.
#MaryHeatonVorse

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The measure of artistic merit is the length to which a writer is willing to go in following his own compulsions. #JohnUpdike

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Inside every fat book is a thin book trying to get out. #Unknown

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Fiction writing is great. You can make up almost anything. #IvanaTrump

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The only way to learn to write is to write. #PeggyTeeters

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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. #SidneySmith

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Readers want to read. They hunger to read. They will forgive a vast number of clumsinesses if the author will continue.

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The wastepaper basket is the writer's best friend. #IssasBashevisSinger

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Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about critics. #IssacBashevisSinger

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The road to ignorance is paved with good editors. #GeorgeBernardShaw

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Resist the temptation to try to use dazzling style to conceal weakness of substance.
#StanleySchmidt

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Engrave this in your brain: EVERY WRITER GETS REJECTED. You will be no different. #JohnScalzi

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Going into yourself and meeting no one for hours on end--that is what you must be able to attain. #RainerRilke

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Writers write about what obsesses them. #AnneRice

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All writing is about the same thing; it's about dying, about the brief flicker of time we have here, and the frustration that it creates.

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When I'm writing, the darkness is always there. I go where the pain is. #AnneRice

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Happy Mother's Day, mom! #cheesy