“...a writer without authority? Impossible. as Kenneth Burke says, creation implies authority in the sense of originator…” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
I'm always collaborating with other writers because I don't write my own books for musicals. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
All writers should strive to deliver something fresh-something editors or readers won't know they want until they see it. — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
A lot of people, be it writers, filmmakers, actors or technicians, are getting opportunities because of digital platforms. — Arjun Mathur Copy Share Image
Some writers - most, I suspect - write in isolation. I think I'd always found that quite difficult. — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
“Many writers write because they’ve been there, seen that, did it and burnt their fingers” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
The meaningful Broadway experiences of my life have been plays by great writers with excellent casts. — Noah Reid Copy Share Image
You're everything I thought you never were And nothing like about you could've been. — Beyoncé Copy Share Image
“Nothing ever really ends. That’s the horrible part of being in the short-story business—you have to be a real expert on ends.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Writers, in essence, are professional word tamers; if the words walking down the lines were living creatures, they would surely fear and… — Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky Copy Share Image
“Though the immediate impression of rebellion may obscure the fact, the task of authentic literature is nevertheless only conceivable in terms of… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
In some articles written about me, writers have said I'm a link between the old and the new, and I think, in… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
“Writers (my kind of writers: aspiring novelists, ruminative thinkers, people whose brains don't work quick enough to blog or link or tweet,… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
In my view, the ebook world for both established and new authors is a terrific new and exciting format. It is a… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“I’m sure there are people who are content to run errands and report for work on time and wait, with an enlivening… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
One of the biggest drawbacks of our industry is that we haven't nurtured our writers for years. Now, we realise we need… — Kabir Khan Copy Share Image
Writing takes gall. I like to think that's true even for writers with several books under their belt, writers who have been… — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
Writers spend too much time among dead things. I thought that was profound and actually true, that you're trying to pump life… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Of all the writers I have read, Vladimir Nabokov has made the biggest impression on me because he, despite living through the… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
I've been an advocate against the view of the writer as a partitioned genius hanging in conceptual space, or up on a… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
“I find myself nursing keen regret at probably not being able to live long enough to explain properly to you what I… — Comte de Lautréamont Copy Share Image
The way we learn to write is the way we learn to talk: We listen to others and start mimicking speech, and… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
But writers experience the world and themselves in a unique way. We look for meaning. We see it even when we are… — Larry Brooks Copy Share Image
No one stopped me from playing when I was alone, but there were times when I wasn't able to, though I wanted… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
