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Quotes about writers
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The radicalism that they applied, which kept it very lively and in the popular imagination and in fact gave us Shakespeare were way more brutal with a playwright who continues to be bouncing back from all of that. (Carradine Keith)
I'm at the outline stage now of a third novel and I'm trying to keep it brighter. (Carradine Keith)
I don't exist without writing. (Carradine Keith)
The writers I respect the most had an undying commitment to a vision. (Carradine Keith)
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I always love to write with Matraca. (Carradine Keith)
I cottoned on to Shakespeare and got interested in plays and fascinated by people, fascinated by watching what they did. (Carradine Keith)
You rarely pay the rent by doing Shakespeare or Ibsen. (Carradine Keith)
“I write a lot too, so I would like to write or direct in the future if I can.” (Carradine Keith)
Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that. (Carradine Keith)
“When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "one word at a time."” (Carradine Keith)
“Must you write complete sentences each time, every time? Perish the thought” (Carradine Keith)
“People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy... and I keep it in a jar on my desk.” (Carradine Keith)
I look to writers like Edith Wharton, … Writers who were so specific about the things surrounding their characters, down to the kind of wine and the china, etc. It’s a way of locating your characters in their universe … when you mention a brand name, people know who you’re talking about. (Carradine Keith)
I‘ve always loved Dickens. And Henry James. Tolstoy, Dostoevski. (Carradine Keith)
“Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.” (Carradine Keith)
“Henry Miller may write about revelers self-woven into a human hooked rug, because his ecstasy is solemn.” (Carradine Keith)
“The way to write is well, and how is your own business.” (Carradine Keith)
Every author really wants to have letters printed in the papers. Unable to make the grade, he drops down a rung of the ladder and writes novels. (Carradine Keith)
Has anybody ever seen a dramatic critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no good. (Carradine Keith)
A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. (Carradine Keith)
All authors are created equal, but, as the editor, I'm somewhat more equal than all the others. (Carradine Keith)
Before I was a writer I was a computer programmer. (Carradine Keith)
Every so often I'd be able to write a scene with greater flourish because I'd gotten lucky with my words as I was writing them down, but no surprises. (Carradine Keith)
For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel. (Carradine Keith)
I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre. (Carradine Keith)
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