In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of… — Gerald Clarke Copy Share Image
Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay, Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme, Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
I have friends who are writers, but we don't tend to talk about literature very much. It's just not part of my… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I've tried to write in a way that transcends beyond just sexuality and is more about letting go of our fear and… — Calum Scott Copy Share Image
Here is my theory on this one. If you write things down, if there is a mystery and you try and explain… — Joey Santiago Copy Share Image
I've tried writing darker, more serious songs, but they don't go anywhere. Everything revolves around the chorus for me. — Shura Copy Share Image
I defended myself at the first opportunity I had, which was a meeting of writers in which I proved that Honecker had… — Stefan Heym Copy Share Image
Mostly I have to try to censor myself so as not to write things that will hurt other people, or that will… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
“Plenty of times I've seen writers, famous novelists and essayists, even poets, with names you'd recognize and whose work I admire, drift… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
He asked if he could recite a poem he had written that morning: 'You speak,' he said, 'the language of shooting stars,… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I'm not good at anything except writing jokes. I wasn't good at sports, I wasn't good at anything artsy, ever. I think… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
When I was a little boy in short pants, I dreamed about a miraculous ointment that would make me invisible. Then I… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“To have touched the feet of Christ is no excuse for mistakes in punctuation. If a man writes well only when he's… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Until the early 90s, when I was working on a project about the idea of free will in American philosophy. I knew… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
Anyone who has the temerity to write about Jane Austen is aware of [two] facts: first, that of all great writers she… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“I once heard an author describe writing as taking bits and pieces of her experiences and observations, then she questions, dissects, and… — Laurie Brown Copy Share Image
I tried to depict the human face of this history, I wanted to write a book that people would actually want to… — Imre Kertész Copy Share Image
Ever since I began writing my Junie B. Jones series, people have been assuming that the character is based on me when… — Barbara Park Copy Share Image
When I'm fishing, I feel guilty that I'm not writing, and when I'm writing, I feel guilty that I'm not fishing. But… — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
I dreamed of becoming a writer. And this dream is about to become a reality with the publication of my first, and… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
You know, writing isn't easy. It's tedious. Ideas have a gestation period, and after a while, it becomes difficult. — Rajiv Menon Copy Share Image
Creating records and writing music with people I admire and respect is a very spiritual and enlightening thing for me. — Chuck Ragan Copy Share Image
You can't have integrity for breakfast, but try and keep it because it is perhaps the single most important word that defines… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
When I write songs, it happens very quickly, sometimes 10 to 15 minutes, and I draw inspiration from everything. — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
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“A writer off-guard since the materials with which he works are so dangerous can expect agony as quick as a thunderclap.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. It's not all inspirational. — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than the relationship between the writer and his… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
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I went to Columbia film school; that's where I met Matthew Weisman. We then became writing partners, graduated, and moved out to… — Jeph Loeb Copy Share Image
People often give Biden a pass for inaccurate and misleading statements - writing them off as nothing more than Crazy Uncle Joe… — Kat Timpf Copy Share Image
I don't enjoy any of the process of writing. I enjoy it when it goes on if it zings and it has… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
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I just love film making; all aspects of it. I love the idea of writing but I just don't feel like I… — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
Not being published would be great. When I say that to other writers they look at me as if I'm totally insane. — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
To my mind, the prose in a non-fiction work that's going to endure has to be of the same quality as the… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
I'd try to write my poems in a certain rhythm. I had my rock 'n' roll stuff for performing and my denser… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
A writer should always have some profession which brings him into close contact with the reality's of life. — Vicki Baum Copy Share Image
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