I don't have specific music for when I'm writing. I'm usually listening to the same playlist or 'artist' before I arrive at… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
Remember picture books are the closest form of writing to a poem. Even though they don't have to rhyme, they must be… — Kirby Larson Copy Share Image
I like writing for movies. It's nice to be alone working on fiction in your room, and then it's nice to be… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
If prolific is writing a lot of songs, I'm that. If it's writing a lot of good songs, I'm something else. — Five for Fighting Copy Share Image
I have to believe SF writers will continue to inspire the public to have faith in - to demand! - a future… — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
If it hurt me to have to give up a painting I figured it had to hurt them to write the check.… — Keariene Muizz Copy Share Image
I write where I can see things happen, and then things get glued together. I do have the final scene, but that… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“The element of craftsmanship in poetry is obscured by the fact that all men are taught to speak and most to read… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
“[when]asked, “What should I do if I want to become a writer?” “Well,” Doris said, with that steely twinkle in her dark… — Doris Betts Copy Share Image
Some of the hip-hop stuff people get into is exciting, because there's a passion and there's something to explain to a more… — Cameron Crowe Copy Share Image
I'm not a poet, but I was in the poetry program. And I'm also not much of a nonfiction writer, at least… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
Speaking for myself, art differs from writing in that I never know what I'm going to paint until I paint it, so… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
My father was dead by the time I became a writer, and he would have had a heart attack if he had… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
As a stand-up, as a storyteller, as an improviser, I've done thousands of shows. They allow me to work out new material… — Chris Gethard Copy Share Image
External realities - worlds of politics, economics, law, war, interpersonal and social relations - are part of prose fiction. Fiction also includes… — Lawrence Joseph Copy Share Image
For me, a big part of writing psychological thrillers is choosing crimes committed for motives which would only apply to a particular… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
I resist thinking of myself as a teacher. I think of myself as a writer who has pulled a fast one and… — Vijay Seshadri Copy Share Image
It's much easier to write a song for a musical than just writing a song because, writing for a musical, you know… — Leslie Bricusse Copy Share Image
I created a tone for network television that they hadn't really been seen before. And I have to admit that was really… — Marc Cherry Copy Share Image
The country will some day pay for the stupidities of those who were in the majority on this commission. They know as… — Jimmy Doolittle Copy Share Image
I read pretty eclectically - fiction, non-fiction, and poetry - and I've been inspired and influenced by a number of writers. — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
In this age of censorship, I mourn the loss of books that will never be written, I mourn the voices that will… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
When I graduated college I needed to make money while I was pursuing acting, so I read screenplays and made a living… — Sasha Alexander Copy Share Image
All of my wildness is in the writing. I have discovered I have to be orderly and boring in my personal life… — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
I'm writing the book to a children's musical. I got a note from the producers saying, "Can't you make it campier?" So… — Charles Busch Copy Share Image
I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you're actually sitting down putting words to the paper. — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
If you did not write every day, the poisons would accumulate and you would begin to die, or act crazy or both-you… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a child, I've been a huge comic and graphic novel fan, but I've never tried writing one before. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Two bones fell down my chimney and into the bedroom this morning. Hysterical thing to happen to a thriller writer. Murderous ravens… — Tobsha Learner Copy Share Image
I have no interest in ever making a movie I didn't write. If they were going to take my house away, then… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Writing is a business and should be practiced as such. On days when you think you can’t possibly write a line you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I'm not sure… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Everything that I write comes when it wants to, out of its own need and it dictates its form. I don't say,… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
the whole point of muck-raking, apart from all the jokes, is to try to do something about what you've been writing about.… — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image
Some of the best things that have happened in my stories have happened seemingly of their own accord. The writer becomes a… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
Eroticism bubbles beneath the surface of every vampire story, but Anne Rice is a writer to make the pot boil. — Janet Maslin Copy Share Image
People have said to me, You can't write songs. You can't play an instrument. But I've got 10 gold records. — Sonny Bono Copy Share Image
“Why is it that words like these seem to me so dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
I started writing it, because it was seven years ago. But yes, that is the genesis of why I started writing. — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
I tried writing a novel, but plays were the thing that kept feeding me, asking me to come back, sit down and… — Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Copy Share Image
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