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 Writers on Writing: Creating a Believable World Sometimes writers help us see the world differently. Here are some writers sharing some of their best advice. 
"...Sometimes you give power to things by the words you give to them; so I don't
give that [writers block]."— Maya Angelou, The Heart of a Woman "Editing often involves taking out things that sound great but really don't add up to much." — A. Manette Ansay, Vinegar Hill "A cliché is anything you have ever heard before, and it's banned...you have to create your own language." — Janet Fitch, White Oleander "It's important when you are creating something that material is sacred. It's between you and the page. Nobody else should be there in the room in your head. It's just you saying what you need to say. After that's done, then you need to make the decision about whether or not you want to let this be so public after all." — Elizabeth Berg, Open House 
"That's the great blessing, and in some sense, the curse of fiction writing: you realize that no
matter what you create, no matter how audacious it is, it's probably happened somewhere to somebody."
— Anna Quindlen, Black and Blue "I'm just putting together a story, and in order to do that, I grab everything I can. I steal other people's lives. I don't care. You name it, I'll do it. If I have to destroy my mother's life to write a story, I will." — Isabel Allende, Daugher of Fortune "You create the world, a detail at a time, a sentence and a time, an image at a time. You've got to make it real." — Robert Morgan, Gap Creek "A writer should be someone who knows nothing...someone who is looking at the world and going, 'Tell me that again!'" — Bret Lott, Jewel 
What authors have most inspired you?
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