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And sex is definitely part of college life.


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I'm passionate about being an actor, but I'm definitely not passionate about being a sex symbol.


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Nothing is either all masculine or all feminine except having sex.


Marlo Thomas
I definitely want to act and I want to sing. If those two fall through, I want to become a writer, probably, like a songwriter for other people, or a novel writer. I write a lot, and I read a lot. I like reading fiction.
Cassie Steele
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I have certain moral parameters that I do not cross in writing; I don't write about adultery or kids having premarital sex.
Nicholas Sparks
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When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.


Jay Asher
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I write five pages a day. If you would read five pages a day, we'd stay right even.


Robert B. Parker
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I write entertainment. There are some books you read but don't inhale. There are books that will change your life.
Michael Robotham
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I often write either really early in the morning, or really late at night.


Tracy Chapman
Well, I write a lot of poetry - that's where it usually all starts. I definitely want to show you guys sides of me - love, loss, heartbreak - all of that good stuff!
Tristan Wilds
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I think probably you can either write for kids, or you can't. That ability to imaginatively be a child and see the world as a child and feel and think like a child - you either have that ability or you don't.
Morris Gleitzman
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Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.
Zadie Smith
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I think the cardinal rule of learning to write is learning to read first. I learned to write by learning to read.
Siddhartha Mukherjee
I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them, too.
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I try to write the kind of books I like to read.


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I don't read much of what I write because I worry about unintentionally borrowing something.


Kelley Armstrong
If you write thrillers or mysteries or horror fiction or quote-unquote speculative fiction, men might read you, and the 'Times' might notice you.
Jennifer Weiner
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Write a book you'd like to read. If you wouldn't read it, why would anybody else? Don't write for a perceived audience or market. It may well have vanished by the time your book's ready.
Hilary Mantel
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Just pick a political story at random and read the comments. There is no logic or reason on either side - only hypocrisy and hate.
Michael Arrington
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Face it, you have to be sort of an egomaniac to write something down and think that anyone is going to want to read it.
Cecily von Ziegesar
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