27 Quotes & Sayings By Rob Bignell

Rob Bignell is a writer, actor and director based in London. His first book, "The Art of Being a Bastard", was released in October 2013. He is a contributing editor at Huck magazine and a regular contributor to the Evening Standard. He also wrote about politics for the Telegraph and The Guardian before becoming a writer on Midsomer Murders. NB: All of these books are available on Kindle as well as hardback

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When we sit down to write, we psychically enter a sanctuary. This safe haven is our own personal space where we can say whatever is on our mind, where we can talk about what matters most to us, where we can imagine the kind of world that we would like to live. Rob Bignell
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..here's the editor's prescription, writer: 1000 words daily until next checkup. Rob Bignell
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When I reach for my pen, nothing is out of reach. Rob Bignell
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Replace your old books with the book you've always wanted to write. Rob Bignell
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My ideas are a shapeless mass that my writing molds into beauty. Rob Bignell
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Never be afraid to write what you believe. If the message speaks the truth, others will fear your words for you. Rob Bignell
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Every word I write is another stroke that takes me to the shore of a completed book. Rob Bignell
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Replace your old books with the books you’ve always wanted to write. Rob Bignell
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Every word I write is a seed that I may nurture into a small, beautiful poem or a tall, soaring tree. Rob Bignell
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Your first written sentence is the foundation of all of your dreams. Rob Bignell
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Folding the laundry, completing another project at work, or watching television for the next hour doesn’t build your writing muscles. It only leaves them flabby. Rob Bignell
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By writing, we partake in something greater than ourselves. Pick up pen and paper or take a seat at your computer today and create something of beauty. Rob Bignell
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...writing allows us to reposition ourselves so we can see what is otherwise in our mental blind spots or those things about oneself and the world that we neither can see nor understand from the spot where we stand. Rob Bignell
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Each time I write, I reaffirm my soul. Rob Bignell
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There is always, always, always something to write about. Rob Bignell
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Writing heals my heart like no pill ever could. Rob Bignell
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Every book I've read appears in my writing. Rob Bignell
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...you are a writer the moment you start writing, not when you've sold your first book. Rob Bignell
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...ugly interlopers threaten to choke off your story, depriving it of much-needed nutrition, sunlight and water. Identify and cut those weeds — the life-sucking adverbs, the shade-killing descriptions that don’t move the story forward, the crowding passive voice sentences. Rob Bignell
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Writing is the neck muscle allowing us to see the important stuff in our periphery. Rob Bignell
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There’s really only one good writing habit: You must write constantly. Rob Bignell
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Every moment offers a great opportunity to write. Rob Bignell
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Often as writers, we are surprised by what we learn about ourselves. It runs counter to what we’ve thought about who we are. But it is closer to the truth. Rob Bignell
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Through the act of writing, a writer learns more about himself than he could ever imagine. Rob Bignell
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The beginning of every writing session is like setting down a road unknown. Rob Bignell
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Tell me once more about the eternal surf. Rob Bignell