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What I always wanted to get seen as was as a good actor, when it was the acting I was doing. When I'm writing, I want to try to be seen as a good writer. Not as somebody with a particular idea to sell, or something like that.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Acting Actor Always Doing Get Good Good Actor Good Writer Idea Like Particular Seen Sell Somebody Something Try Want Wanted Writer Writing

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What I always wanted to get seen as was as a good actor, when it was the acting I was doing. When I'm writing, I want to try to be seen as a good writer.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Acting Actor Always Doing Get Good Good Actor Good Writer Seen Try Want Wanted Writer Writing

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Margot Livesey, my dear friend, reads all the drafts of what I write, and I read hers. We have an intense working relationship. I've been really lucky to know her. She's a great reader and teacher as well as an astonishingly good writer.

~Andrea Barrett

Topics: Been Dear Dear Friend Drafts Friend Good Good Writer Great Her Hers Intense Know Lucky Read Reader Reads Really Relationship She Teacher Well Working Write Writer I Write

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Once I started getting paid to be a writer and not having lots of other gross responsibilities, like making the puzzle or whatever, then my ambition changed, and I thought, 'Now I want to be a good writer.' And that became my ambition.

~Ariel Levy

Topics: Ambition Became Changed Getting Good Good Writer Gross Having Like Lots Making Now Once Other Paid Puzzle Responsibilities Started Then Thought Want Whatever Writer

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Admiration from my readers inspire me, and the only 'formula' I believe in towards making a good writer is: 'to thine own self be true!'

~Ashwin Sanghi

Topics: Admiration Be True Believe Formula Good Good Writer Inspire Making Me Only Own Readers Self Thine Towards True Writer I Believe I Believe In

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Out of the thousand writers huffing and puffing through movieland, there are scarcely fifty men and women of wit and talent... Yet, in a curious way, there is not much difference between the product of a good writer and a bad one. They both have to toe the same mark.

~Ben Hecht

Topics: Bad Bad One Between Both Curious Difference Fifty Good Good Writer Mark Men Men And Women Much Out Product Same Scarcely Talent Thousand Through Toe Way Wit Women Writer Writers

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Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.

~Bob Schieffer

Topics: Account Even Good Good Writer Newspapers Nowadays Person Sure Take Whether Writer

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I grew up with another pretty darn good writer: Glenn Frey of the Eagles. We were very good friends, and we kind of studied it together.

~Bob Seger

Topics: Another Darn Eagles Friends Glenn Good Good Friends Good Writer Grew Kind Pretty Studied Together Up Very Were Writer

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A whole bunch of agents and editors looked at my stories, and they all said, in effect, 'You're a pretty good writer and you should probably get these published; when you grow up and write a novel, get in touch.'

~Bob Shacochis

Topics: Agents Bunch Editors Effect Get Good Good Writer Grow Grow Up Looked Novel Pretty Pretty Good Published Said Should Stories Touch Up Whole Write Writer You

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My wife noticed that I wrote really good complaint letters about faulty products and that I could get anything I wanted out of these big corporations, and she said that I was a good writer and that I should go to my dad and ask him for help.

~Brian Herbert

Topics: About Anything Ask Big Complaint Corporations Could Dad Get Go Good Good Writer Help Him Letters Noticed Out Products Really Said She Should Wanted Wife Writer Wrote

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