“Start with a word. A word leads to a sentence, which leads to a paragraph, which leads to a chapter, which leads… — Mark Pettinger Copy Share Image
I want to write a poem about Truth, Honor, Dignity, and whether the toilet paper should roll over or under when you… — Hussein Nishah Copy Share Image
There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them. — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I'm very happy for whatever plaudits might come the way of my work, but I never ever sit down to write x… — Will Self Copy Share Image
I don't like waiting around for work, and sometimes as an actor you're forced into that position, so that's sort of how… — Thomas Ian Nicholas Copy Share Image
I never learned to read or write music. Never wanted to fool with scales. That was boring, forced. The music I heard… — Barry White Copy Share Image
“It is good to express a matter in two ways simultaneously so as to give it both a right foot and a… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
When you recognize good writing and you're lucky enough to get it, like with Lost, that's what I follow. — Nestor Carbonell Copy Share Image
All writers on the science of policy are agreed, and they agree with experience, that all governments must frequently infringe the rules… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
All I knew about Ethiopia was from a few records that I like, as well as what I read about the famine.… — Flea Copy Share Image
The flimsy little protestations that mark the front gate of every novel, the solemn statements that any resemblance to real persons living… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
If you write what you know about, you will always be on safe ground. I am very edgy and nervous about going… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
Seven years into writing a novel, I started to lose my mind. My thirty-seventh birthday had just come and gone, the end… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
Many poets are not poets for the same reason that many religious men are not saints: they never succeed in being themselves.… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a song, things are always popping into my head, it's not so direct. It feels more like I'm in… — Julia Stone Copy Share Image
“Bravery is picking up a pen and writing. Bravery is gouging out words from inside you and then imprinting them on a… — Saffron A. Kent Copy Share Image
For me, the work begins with a rough cut of the film. I can't do much with the script. I've tried to… — Cliff Martinez Copy Share Image
A dream of mine is to become an executive producer and writer. I would love if that ended up happening to me… — Cierra Ramirez Copy Share Image
I write well on the road. I have the energy, I have the motivation to write. I'm happy when I'm on the… — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
Our society is intertwined with the economy that we've built, which is a fantastically complex system. I hope that my writing about… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
A visual experience is vitalizing. Whereas to write great poetry, to draw continuously on one's inner life, is not merely exhausting, it… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
“My past is my story to keep, and my future will be written by me, in my own way, not through the… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
As my kid gets a little bit older, if I feel like I have a little bit more time on my hands,… — Busy Philipps Copy Share Image
One of my goals always, when I write music, is that it's not only me sharing my story with the fans: it's… — Amber Liu Copy Share Image
Any responsible essayist or memoir writer who's writing about herself is not just saying, 'Here's what happened,' and opening up her diary.… — Faith Salie Copy Share Image
Very rarely do I talk off the top of my head on stage. I'm not an improv guy. I'm a writer-guy who… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
I think that, in principle, a workshop is such a beautiful idea - an environment in which writers who are collectively apprenticed… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
I feel sometimes an American artist must feel, like a baseball player or something - a member of a team writing American… — Willem de Kooning Copy Share Image
The experience of writing 'The Kite Runner' is one I will always think back on with fondness. There is an energy, a… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
I've been doing 'America's Newsroom' and lots of other news shows and writing over the years. That's my thing. — Martha MacCallum Copy Share Image
“There are no accusations with writing, no judgment, no shame, only freedom. As the pen touches the paper, for a moment, I'm… — Jessica Sorensen Copy Share Image
I want to go and write music that announces to you that you can feel something. I don’t want to tell you… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
I learned English by watching soaps as a kid, and since I don't have any formal education and can't teach at the… — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
“Poetry is jealous of you tonight, for as soon as I come to pen a few words, your perfume attacks me in… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
My chief desire in all my writings, is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and make Him beautiful and glorious in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear. — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
It took me three weeks to write the 'Rhapsody in Blue.' I had always wanted to write something blue and Paul Whiteman… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
I would observe to you that what is called style in writing or speaking is formed very early in life while the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Acting can be a very reactive profession. Acting is a fantastic thing, and it's my life, but writing is also part of… — Stephen Lang Copy Share Image
My Girl Scout leader. She told me if I listened more and talked less, I could grow up to be a good… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
