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Jun 13 / King Kaufman

Quote of the Day: The taunting of the blank page

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I love writing but hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says, “You may have fooled some of the people some of the time but those days are over, giftless. I’m not your agent and I’m not your mommy. I’m a white piece of paper, you wanna dance with me?” And I really, really don’t.
—Aaron Sorkin

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  • http://www.bleacherreport.com/ Kay Jennings

    The thing to do is take that white piece of paper by the throat and write one sentence. Then, you are leading the dance.

    • King_Kaufman

      That’s good advice, Kay. When I had a daily deadline, that’s how I looked at it. If I hadn’t written anything by two hours before deadline, my strategy was: Just start typing.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=46403333 Scott Carasik

    That’s always my issue. I tend to start my standard articles by finding a quote to base them around