I think about the sincerity of my writing. I try to be true, to pose questions. Shake people up a bit and… — Philippe Claudel Copy Share Image
What good is a writer if he can't destroy literature? And us... what good are we if we don't help as much… — Julio Cortazar Copy Share Image
If a reader comes across a story that makes them cry, you can be sure that the writer felt every single thing… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
To me, the solidarity of readers is far more important than the solidarity of writers, particularly since readers in fact find ways… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
You write in order to change the world ... if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some people have written that my writing has helped them go on. It has helped me too. The writing, the roses, the… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
In prose, I think you sometimes have to write in very plain language, where every line may not seem to be so… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
The surrealist thinks he has outstripped the whole of literary history when he has written (here a word that there is no… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
“It is the highest reward when a writer hears when a book written in doubt and solitude, has reached a human heart… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“His (Islamic astronomer al-Farghani) legacy also endures through the Italian writer and poet Dante (1265-1321), who derived most of the astronomical knowledge… — Jim Al-Khalili Copy Share Image
The O. Henry has become lingua franca among writers for saying, 'That guy can write a story.' It's prestigious, respected, coveted, dreamed… — Tony D'Souza Copy Share Image
How simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessary to write in another way what has been well… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I've had frustrated storytelling juices that have been lying dormant for a long time, and I guess the documentary was a way… — Eric Bana Copy Share Image
Being pregnant taught me how to be a better writer. It was a lesson in negative capability and surrendering to necessity. Suddenly,… — Robin Beth Schaer Copy Share Image
“Yes, when I get big and have my own home, no plush chairs and lace curtains for me. And no rubber plants.… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
I think good art should always be entertaining, or at least give pleasure of some sort. And my chief goal as a… — Kenneth Oppel Copy Share Image
Above all else, 'Doctor Who' still seems to me to offer near-infinite scope for the writer. It must be the least constraining… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
I have been commissioned to write an autobiography and I would be grateful to any of your readers who could tell me… — Jeffrey Bernard Copy Share Image
All I ask is that you do as well as you can, and remember that, while to write adverbs is human, to… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
If people want to be better writers, they can't just read the blogs! You've got to look at something that's outside this… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
I don't hire any companies or ask any of my friends to write reviews for me on Amazon when I have a… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
If you want to write, you need to keep an honest, unpublishable journal that nobody reads, nobody but you. — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I want to write my life. I want to be able to write my life. You are a second away from saying… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
My vocal ability is very limited, but I'm fortunate in that I can write the songs around my vocal limitations. — Glenn Tipton Copy Share Image
I use the music to vent, and a lot of the stuff that I am writing about or was writing about contained… — Vanilla Ice Copy Share Image
One of the least impressive liberties is the liberty to starve. This particular liberty is freely accorded to authors. — Baron Goodman Arnold Goodman Copy Share Image
I think the ultimate thing in some ways for any writer is to work on a character who's going to have a… — Peter Gould Copy Share Image
I keep thinking about blood, I dream about it. Wake up thinking about it. Pretty soon I'll be writing morbid emo poetry… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“There is no mistaking the dismay on the face of a writer who has just learned that his brain child is a… — L. Sprague de Camp Copy Share Image
I don't have any real goals except to follow one good sentence with another... I'm not the kind of writer who has… — Melissa Bank Copy Share Image
The great thing about dealing with people about whom we have historical resources, is that if the writing needs work, there's everywhere… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
Writing screenplays is incredibly hard. I can't call it joy. Writing Novels? Joy. Directing? Joy. Writing Screenplays? That's where you pay all… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I feel empowered to be a different kind of writer. The longer I stay here, the more light filters into my work.… — Bharati Mukherjee Copy Share Image
When I was in college or working, I had the luxury of writing on whatever subject. Now, I'm in the business, I… — Anupam Roy Copy Share Image
“If you’re dating a writer and they don’t write about you — whether it’s good or bad — then they don’t love… — Jamie Anne Royce Copy Share Image
Sporadic thoughts will pop into my head and I'll have to go write something down, and the next thing you know I've… — Eminem Copy Share Image
I don't really consider myself to be a comedian. I mean, it's not like I'm sitting around writing jokes or anything. I… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
Being a philanthropist doesn't mean necessarily writing a huge check. It can mean mobilizing your community to start asking questions. — Kavita Ramdas Copy Share Image
“Writers do not have the privilege of sleep. There is always a story coming alive in their heads, constantly composing. Whether they… — Jamie Weise Copy Share Image
