When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous. — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
As I look back on what I have written, I can see that the very persons who have taken away my time… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Whining writers are a hideous sight; we should really shut up, because we are lucky if we can cobble together a living… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
Writing is a craft and, like all craft, proceeds by stages: conception, material selection, rough shaping, detailed shaping, sanding and finishing. — Richard Rhodes Copy Share Image
“Writing is a little bit like prostitution. First you do it for love. Then you do it for a few friends. Then… — Molière Copy Share Image
I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking district. I'm launching a line of bedding… — Genevieve Gorder Copy Share Image
This is something that I cannot get over -- that a whole line could be written by half a man, that a… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
In my writers' room, which is mostly men, I get a lot of questions like "What would be the quickest way to… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I think all writing is about writing. All writing is a way of going out and exploring the world, of examining the… — Nick Laird Copy Share Image
Writing engenders in us certain attitudes toward language. It encourages us to take words for granted. Writing has enabled us to store… — N. Scott Momaday Copy Share Image
Writing is a bit like swimming. You learn writing by doing it and you learn swimming by doing it. Nobody learns how… — Robert Munsch Copy Share Image
They're so boring. They're so pathetic, all those journalists. Most of them are. Most of those kind that write gossip stuff, and… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
Of course, the fact that Dostoevsky can tell a juicy story isn't enough to make him great. If it were, Judith Krantz… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
In terms of column writing, with the exception of one or two others, I am probably paid as well as you can… — Giles Coren Copy Share Image
“Richard Foster is justified in writing: I am concerned that our reading and our writing is gravitating to the lowest common denominator… — John Piper Copy Share Image
You never know what you're going to end up with when you sit down to write something. At the end, if it… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
My father is a writer and he always made sure that I watch all the plays that were happening in the Tagore… — Wamiqa Gabbi Copy Share Image
“Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Our perceptions are an ongoing, ever-growing. ever-changing story, and our brain allows us to be not just passive listeners to that story,… — Beau Lotto Copy Share Image
Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference… — Frederick Jackson Turner Copy Share Image
Now, what sort of person would write a scene where a young man stumbles upon a castle full only of beautiful young… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
Steady labor with the hands, which engrosses the attention also, is unquestionably the best method of removing palaver and sentimentality out of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Family is the most important thing in my life, so I guess it's not surprise that I like to write about it. — Sarah Weeks Copy Share Image
I feel as if I'm clearly part of a trend among writers who take themselves seriously - and I confess to taking… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
My writing is done in railroad yards while waiting for a freight, in the fields while waiting for a truck, and at… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Writing, for me, means humility. It’s a process that involves fear and doubt, especially if you’re writing honestly. — Kiran Desai Copy Share Image
I always seem to write personal songs; that's always been my go-to thing, to write about what I'm experiencing. — Martha Wainwright Copy Share Image
You realize just by writing down everything you own that it's just materialistic stuff. We are much more than that. — Gianluca Vialli Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm still learning a lot with writing lyrics. In the beginning, like the first record, I wasn't so aware. — Yukimi Nagano Copy Share Image
If Mark Twain had had Twitter, he would have been amazing at it. But he probably wouldn't have gotten around to writing… — Andy Borowitz Copy Share Image
I don't know what's wrong with me, My brain doesn't work anymore. I haven't any memory. I can't write. All I can… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
Here's what I love: I love sitting at my desk, staring at the blank screen, and beginning that conversation with my imaginary… — Brad Meltzer Copy Share Image
Live life and write about life. Of the making of many books there is indeed no end, but there are more than… — Will Self Copy Share Image
When I get back from a mid-morning stroll, I'll do some writing then I'll typically spend the day testing new recipes. — Nadiya Hussain Copy Share Image
Chay and I have a very normal approach to things, from writing our provision list to deciding the menu for dinner to… — Samantha Akkineni Copy Share Image
There are some critics that will just write provocative stuff to get attention, but I would say most of the time that's… — Sam Esmail Copy Share Image
Frank Martin is a rarity. Dexterous as a player, writer and singer, he is thoughtful and skilled in his approach and passionate… — Tom Kimmel Copy Share Image
One of the remarkable things about love is that, despite very irritating people writing poems and songs about how pleasant it is,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Writing, for me, is an extension of thinking - it's my way of processing, and only when I've gotten something down on… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
There is a master way with words that cannot be learned but instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a blind… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
