You have to have something worth saying and then the ability to say it- writing's a double skill, really.
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I just pick up my stories as I amble along, little bits of this, little bits of that. It gets easier the longer you've been at it.Iain Banks
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As a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks you wish you'd thought of.
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As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.
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