Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“The dangerous pileup of modifiers is a hallmark of Joel's rhetorical style.” — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
There is a musical rhythm to great writing, especially if it's performed correctly. — Richard LaGravenese Copy Share Image
I just like to go where the material is, whether that's TV, or movies, or the stage. As long as it's great… — Sarah Shahi Copy Share Image
“He always loved Donna’s smile, quick and complete, sending every line of her face flying upwards.” — Tana French Copy Share Image
[George] Orwell's essays. It's got it all. Great writing, a worldview that I find interesting and useful, and most of it timelessly… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
All you ever really want is a great character and great writing. As an actor, that's the juiciest sandwich you could ever… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
Read over your compositions and whenever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Great writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing. — Andy Garcia Copy Share Image
People don't really have a relationship with great writing or great production or great art direction or great direction. They just sort… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
There's such good writing now on television and I don't see a lot of great writing on films sadly. — Scott Speedman Copy Share Image
I was opposed to doing TV for a long time because I thought the quality of writing wasn't very strong, as opposed… — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image
“In truly good writing no matter how many times you read it you do not know how it is done. That is… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
As much as I revere great writing, and am still humbled by it, literary activities are no longer esoteric to me. When… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
For no. 1, it's great writing, super writing. The second thing is that it's great chemistry with all the actors. We just… — Reba McEntire Copy Share Image
Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it - whole-heartedly - and delete it before… — Arthur Quiller-Couch Copy Share Image
Don't look back until you've written an entire draft, just begin each day from the last sentence you wrote the preceeding day.… — Will Self Copy Share Image
The raw beauty of Natalia Ginzburg’s prose compels our gaze. First we look inward, with the shock of recognition inspired by all… — Hilma Wolitzer Copy Share Image
Blade Runner was the godfather of all these fantastic movies that occur today. What's frustrating is that we're short of really great… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
“You’ve been in my head now,” she said. “Did you get a look at the things I did to survive this life?”… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“I have a sense of exile from thought, a nostalgia of the quiet room and balanced mind. I am a writer, and… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“On the drive over, Richards kept marveling at the transforming power of having a felony to commit. His brother looked more like… — Robert Roper Copy Share Image
“What was glimpsed in Aquarius—what was envisioned, believed in, prophesied, predicted, doubted, and forewarned—is made, in Pisces, manifest. Those solitary visions that,… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
Working with people you adore and love. There's just a sense, all the way through all of the movies [Planet of Apes],… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
“Before I could get my bearings he was on top of me and shoving my face down into the dirt. He was… — Tana French Copy Share Image
First of all, anything Ryan Murphy is a part of is a good idea to be a part of. He's got just… — Mark Salling Copy Share Image
I write less about alcohol, less and less and less. You 're an addict - so of course you write about the… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Let the world burn through you. Throw the prism light, white hot, on paper. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts. — Larry L. King Copy Share Image
Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Damn, Easy,” the intrepid sideman said. “Trouble got your name tattooed on the inside’a his eyelids. He be studyin’ you in his… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
I love great writing. I like interesting characters. I like to work with people who push me to be better, to elevate… — Julie Ann Emery Copy Share Image
“... and Louisa watched another car arriving, this one as unmarked as the cop cars, but more so.” — Mick Herron Copy Share Image
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