I went into journalism in a grandiose way. I thought maybe I'd do a little journalism whilst I write the great novel… — Neal Ascherson Copy Share Image
But that's what happens when you allow a nice person to write a news paper serial for you; now the world thinks… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
My day job these days is I am writing, producing and developing young artists here in the States, in between working on… — Chesney Hawkes Copy Share Image
When you write from the heart, you not only light the dark path of your readers, you light your own way as… — Marjorie Holmes Copy Share Image
Baarish' is very close to me. It is based on my real love story. Hence, writing and composing this song came naturally… — Tanishk Bagchi Copy Share Image
Derivative writers seem versatile because they imitate many others, past and present. Artistic originality has only itself to copy. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I don't only write about English literature; I also write about chaos theory and... ants. I can understand ants. — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“Each literature bears its freight of the eclipsed; each generation shows us writers in the process of disappearing.” — Keith Botsford Copy Share Image
“Every character has a back story. It’s what makes them fully formed and believable. But resist the urge to describe your character’s… — Karen Sandler Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, if you're an actor, you want to act. And it's not something you can do in… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
Sometimes my humor does offend people, and I've said it before: I don't write jokes to be offensive. I write jokes to… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
I've loved singing since forever. Whether it was with my sisters while cleaning the kitchen, putting shows on for my stuffed animals,… — Kina Grannis Copy Share Image
Before writing a single note of music, and even before the spotting session, I find it best to sit down with the… — John Keltonic Copy Share Image
The high-school English teacher will be fulfilling his responsibility if he furnishes the student a guided opportunity, through the best writing of… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
It's important for the writers to catch themselves and say 'are we crossing the line here?' But then I think 'it's a… — Leisha Hailey Copy Share Image
With every script, I write a note to my collaborator that says: 'I write full script. But see it as a guide.… — Brian Michael Bendis Copy Share Image
It's the writer's job to stage confrontations, so the characters will say surprising and revealing things, and educate and entertain us all. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
My loathings are simple. stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. My pleasures are the most intense known to man: writing and butterfly… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Various political parties, even if they're in direct opposition with one another, still say they are the spokesperson for the people. The… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
I'm a musician. I write songs. I just hope when the day is done I've been able to tear a little corner… — Bono Copy Share Image
The reader knows the writer better than he knows himself; but the writer's physical presence is light from a star that has… — John Updike Copy Share Image
When you're writing about people that are not very well off, you seem to see the kitchen sink. So it was a… — Timothy West Copy Share Image
I'm a writer and director, and I like to do that, but for some reason, it's become part of the industry and… — Jean-Marc Vallee Copy Share Image
I'm lucky because the strongest emotion I have ever felt is being in love, and that definitely informs my writing. — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
I was married when I was in my early twenties, and my former husband, an absolutely lovely man, didn't get the writing… — Jenna Blum Copy Share Image
I've mainly been sampling jazz because the tone of the chords are expressive in itself, so it's quite nice to write over. — King Krule Copy Share Image
Yeah, well, artists are a lot like gangsters. They both know that the official version, the one everyone else believes, is a… — Jocko Henderson Copy Share Image
Once I get my writing done, then I can turn my attention elsewhere - and not the other way around. The writing… — Brad Listi Copy Share Image
So many people seem to imagine that because the actual tools of writing are easily accessible, it is less difficult than the… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
My favourite piece of music is actually 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' as a whole. For me, it's the most perfect… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
I have a lot of novels that I haven't finished. I usually get 150 pages in and I realize it's not going… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I think writing is really about a journey of understanding. So you take something that seems very far away, and the more… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Science fiction invites the writer to grandly explore alternative worlds and pose questions about meaning and destiny. — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
Dramatic reading and writing for kids can open a window to individuality and to expression that nothing else does, because all of… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
Writers have it easy. If you write a bestseller or have your book made into a movie, you'll never have to work… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I learned how to really write when I was in third grade and I fell in love with the secrecy of journalling. — Gracie Abrams Copy Share Image
“You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you.” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I tend to write first thing, and then do my drawing later. I like to draw at night. But often I go… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
I think to write fiction, this is just how I see it, you have to have a powerful need/desire to connect. I… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Writers feel that they can't afford to wait. They must do it now, and they are so clever, and there is so… — Robert Dessaix Copy Share Image
