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Writing is a side hustle that had previously enabled me to pay for rehab for my brother, purchase a car for my… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
There was no escape from the letter-writer who, a hundred or a hundred and twenty-five years ago, captured a coveted correspondent. It… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Writer advice... Write. Finish things. Go for walks. Read a lot & outside your comfort zone. Stay interested. Daydream. Write. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I started writing it the day after Sept. 11. I was living in New York City. We didnt have any phone service… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
Success is a finished book, a stack of pages each of which is filled with words. If you reach that point, you… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
[Writing a joke] there is no team of writers. It's just you in an office, staring at yourself in the mirror. — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
When a newspaper columnist wants to write about a novel, the rule is that you're supposed to have a 'hook,' an excuse,… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
I was totally taken in and totally taken by that myth starting in 1999, rather carelessly writing about this archive and starting… — Jonathon Keats Copy Share Image
I wake at 5 or 5:30 most mornings, make myself a latte and grab a cookie, write until 10 or 11, go… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
Rock 'n' roll is an attitude, it's not a musical form of a strict sort. It's a way of doing things, of… — Lester Bangs Copy Share Image
How I envy writers who can work on aeroplanes or in hotel rooms. On the run I can produce an article or… — John Banville Copy Share Image
“I didn’t actually have to write a thing because the act of reading was my writing. I thought of myself as a… — E.L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
But the thing about remembering is that you don't forget. You take your material where you find it, which is in your… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
Dialogue that is written in dialect is very tiring to read. If you can do it brilliantly, fine. If other writers read… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I'm not a natural writer like, let's say - I'm not talking about Arthur Miller; that's a whole other thing - but… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
I know very few writers who outline fully before they start. It just doesn't seem possible to do, because so many things… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
“In a gathering, a writer's eyes act as an intrepid explorers. When alone, he murmurs to himself posing as his characters. When… — Gaurav Sharma Copy Share Image
I never admit to wishing I'd written something by another author, but if my name mysteriously appeared on the title page of… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
I love playing with language and the rhythm of language - for some reason, this seems so much easier for me to… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
I feel like they are two different things, and when I write books, they're just books. If they can be movies that's… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I write very personal songs. Subject matter is usually derived from some internal struggle that I am having. — Corey Smith Copy Share Image
Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
Life's about ego. So for someone to talk about my ego, as they are writing their piece about my ego, I'm wondering… — Richard Ashcroft Copy Share Image
I like to think of myself as a fiction writer who liked art enough to write about it for a while, and… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Every fictional thing I wrote gave me strength to write another and another. By the end I wasn't remaining true to anything… — Lily King Copy Share Image
Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
One of the things I enjoy most about writing historical romance is researching inspiring backgrounds and settings. — Nicola Cornick Copy Share Image
There's no idea in the world that is not contained by black life. I could write forever about the black experience in… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
For me to write I have to be, a, alone, and b, know that nobody is going to question me. I write… — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
I don't categorize myself as an 85-year-old woman who has written an erotic novel. I categorize myself as a writer who's written… — Gloria Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
I never smoke grass and drive my car because, for one thing, no matter how many letters I write to the road… — Arj Barker Copy Share Image
I think it's amazing to have one writer write every episode of a series. It's very rare, I think. You get a… — Harry Treadaway Copy Share Image
I like to listen to music that fits with what I'm writing. For each book, I've assembled a playlist, so readers can… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my… — Val Guest Copy Share Image
Writing involves an acceptance of being on the margin, the threshold, a galvanization out of received notions into a more activated, kinetic,… — Laurie Sheck Copy Share Image
We're not writing songs to solve a cultural problem. The goal for us is to express what we're going through, and it's… — Ben Hopkins Copy Share Image
I had no idea I'd end up writing four books when I completed 'Mortal Engines.' I didn't even think it would find… — Philip Reeve Copy Share Image
'Write what you know' works, but it's limiting. Write what fascinates you. Write what you can't stop thinking about. — Brian Koppelman Copy Share Image
Show-running is a very difficult job that includes so many responsibilities; I'm working with the actors, working with directors, writing, making decisions… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
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