What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
I myself have never called what I write anti-poetry. I also think that my poetry should not be only known as the… — Ernesto Cardenal Copy Share Image
The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
As I write in my book, there is a misnomer that destroying another person's position is an effective and practical way to… — Leigh Steinberg Copy Share Image
I think my prose - mine and that of others - sometimes slips into a cadence or rhythm that can replicate or… — Pattiann Rogers Copy Share Image
So much of my writing process is trying to eliminate any kind of shame or fear of the thoughts that I'm having. — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I am deeply in tune with my heart and core, and it's made me a better writer, artist, and most of all… — Lykke Li Copy Share Image
I don't believe in holy writ. Buy fifty books or twenty-five books, take three weeks off, read them and make up your… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Trying to make your own sound is hard. When I was producing for other artists, I could just produce and write songs… — Karl Wolf Copy Share Image
That became my aesthetic - a very Chekhovian, American realist aesthetic in the tradition of Raymond Carver, Richard Ford, and Tobias Wolff.… — Jess Row Copy Share Image
“scholarship together with down-to-earth writing, Tabletalk helps you understand the Bible and apply it to daily living. Trusted theological resource— Tabletalk avoids… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
Want something else more than success. Success is a lovely thing, but your desire to say something, your worth, and your identity… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Whatever I do today is the whole continuum of my experience. Like John Dewey said in his book ‘Art as Experience,’ you… — Yusef Lateef Copy Share Image
I spend most of my time in California. I feel I am fueled by rage and by the political climate there. I… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They… — Paul Dirac Copy Share Image
Literature is invention. Fiction is fiction. To call a story a true story is an insult to both art and truth. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
A writer is a performer as well. A writer isn't the literary department. That gets tried on but nothing's a script unless… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I have done a couple of musicals myself over the years but have never done a Stephen Schwartz show, and I never… — Nicholas Hammond Copy Share Image
I am a struggling writer. A middle-aged man with two little kids and I'm just trying to earn a living. So buy… — Christopher Darden Copy Share Image
“A country preacher could not have looked more full of milk and honey than this formidable writer, whose words had always left… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
I don't really belong to that world and I don't think anyone's going to miss me. I'm much happier just to write… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
I had at some point the epiphany that if I wanted to be a writer, maybe I should stop thinking about writing,… — Matt Fraction Copy Share Image
“As if you can measure literary excellence with precise instruments; as if there were a science of writing, governed by equations that… — Justine Picardie Copy Share Image
You can see how different artists work, from writing to recording, just from being in the studio environment with them. — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
The BALLPOINT PENGUINS, black and white, Do little else but write and write. Although they've nothing much to say, They write and… — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share Image
The best part of writing is thinking about the story. And then everything else takes a lot of discipline. — Kareem Mortimer Copy Share Image
“For me, the word "writing" is the exact opposite of the word "waiting". Instead of waiting, there is writing.” — Roberto Bolano Copy Share Image
It took me seven years of writing before I published my first story. And then, the publications trickled in over the next… — Rob Roberge Copy Share Image
“Writers don't write from experience, although many are hesitant to admit that they don't. ...If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I thought I was going to be a horror story writer. My influences were horror writers, like Rich Matheson, Ray Bradbury and… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a writer; I just had stories I wanted to share so I learnt how to write and… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
Writing is a spiritual path. It helps you listen to your heart, trust your inner guidance, and live your life full-out. — Robert Holden Copy Share Image
I went to Gettysburg College, where the famous Civil War battle was fought. I majored in English. I would've liked to major… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
I'm a fast writer, and crime novels are easy to do. It's much harder to write a 1,000 word article, where everything… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A lot of cookbooks also have incredible food writing, even though I feel like a lot of cookbook authors don't necessarily identify… — Michelle Zauner Copy Share Image
I think I have become a better writer since having children. It improves creativity, particularly because once you have children it makes… — Louise Doughty Copy Share Image
The doctor part of me recognises the light and shade of medical life, but the writer in me is more attracted by… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I don't really need to appeal to some stockbroker, and I always sort of root for the underdog. I probably consider all… — Eric Bachmann Copy Share Image
The writing of Kathleen McGookey shines more brightly than most fine things we feel pleasure to read. Celebrate it! — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
