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The hardest part of ghost writing other people's stories is capturing their voices so that it isn't you talking, it's them.

— Michael Robotham

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Everyone has a ghost story, or at least that's how it has always seemed to me.

— John Searles

I loved all ghost stories. So I guess it was only a matter of time before I wrote one.

— Chris Bohjalian

Everybody you work with has their own voice, and if you do your job well enough, even their closest friends or their partner of 40 years isn't going to recognise the fingerprints of a ghostwriter.

— Michael Robotham

I wrote ghost stories because I'd always enjoyed reading them, and they seemed to be fizzling out... I don't take them terribly seriously. It's like a cake, with ingredients.

— Susan Hill

The trouble with being a ghostwriter or artist is that you must remain rather anonymously without credit. If one wants the credit, one has to cease being a ghost and become a leader or innovator.

— Bob Kane

Why a ghost story? Well, I love them. They're fun to read - and, yes, fun to write.

— Chris Bohjalian

All my life, I never realized you could have a conversation with a ghost.

— Poe Ballantine

I've wanted to write a ghost story for years, and my main aim was to write the most frightening ghost story that I could think of.

— Michelle Paver

✗Opposing Perspectives

I have no ghost writers. I personally write every message and every piece of published mail.

— David Wilkerson

Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always present, manipulating an interview into first-person singular text, and it feels like I'm reading a lie.

— Gary Kemp