“There is only one way to overcome the difficulty of writing, and that is to write. Thought only becomes effective and productive… — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share Image
The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When you're writing, at least when I'm writing, I don't think about themes and I try not to sermonize with any particular… — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
Fundamentally, whether directing in the theatre or a film, you have to be a good storyteller, regardless of the form. The thing… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
Careers don't interest me. The only thing that interests me is continuing to be a poet on one level or another, whether… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
I have no idea what readership is of written editorials, but it doesn't come anywhere close to the readership of editorial cartoons. — Paul Conrad Copy Share Image
“My first three books, the collections, were fun to write and a great start but I have matured so much as a… — Ricardo Fleshman Copy Share Image
Even though I didn't write 'Shaun Of The Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz,' I never felt left out of the creative process. — Nick Frost Copy Share Image
“So I have 8 to 10 screenplays written and unproduced. And frankly, some of them are my favorite stories. I have a… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
Most of the methods of training the conscious side of the writer-the craftsman and the critic in him- are actually hostile to… — Dorothea Brande Copy Share Image
“I believe the greatest pleasure in writing is in the progressive artistry of it. Each project is an attempt to do better… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The process of writing a book is infinitely more important than the book that is completed as a result of the writing,… — Theodore Isaac Rubin Copy Share Image
The best way is always to stop when you are going good and when you know what will happen next. If you… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
The expression I use: Pain + Reality = Progress. Whenever I would have a painful mistake, I started to view that as… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Some writers are seasoned raconteurs with an endless supply of stories and quips and one-liners. Others are reclusive and introverted souls who… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
Now, as a reader, you shouldn't feel the decisions the writer makes about this DNA, or it would be boring beyond belief.… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
I started out writings songs for what I thought was going to be a maximum of five people down our local pub. — Romy Madley Croft Copy Share Image
Rock stars are like prophets. There's something about somebody who can get up on a stage and sing. And then when they… — Pamela Anderson Copy Share Image
If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But to say it's too complex is to… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
I get a lot of people who will either write to me or come up in public and say, "My daughter, son,… — Atticus Shaffer Copy Share Image
Language is the writer's only tool - we really don't have anything else - but our language contains within it our entire… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
I'm not on the run from anything and I'm not at all clear about what I'm running towards. But as some great… — Fiona Shaw Copy Share Image
The novelist's--any writer's--object is to whittle down his meaning to the exactest and finest possible point. What, of course, isfatal is when… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
Id always been a big reader, and I loved books, and I always thought writing would be a great way to get… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
Read deeply, not to believe, not to accept, not to contradict, but to learn to share in that one nature that writes… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
He never ever learned to read or write so well, but he could play his guitar like he was ringing a bell. — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
Shocking writing is like murder: the questions the jury must decide are the questions of motive and intent. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
... to write well it is entirely necessary to read widely and deeply. Good poems are the best teachers. — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
The young people have a phrase for this now, which is "slay in your lane." That's a very important principle of writing.… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Being literate as a writer is good craft, is knowing your job, is knowing how to use your tools properly and not… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
We need to include more writers from different backgrounds and ethnicities. We need to see different experiences instead of the same people… — Letitia Wright Copy Share Image
I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“You know your heart and soul are stapled to that manuscript, but what we see are the words on the paper” — Teresa Nielsen Haydense Copy Share Image
It takes only a little space to write I LOST YOU. . . . But it will take whole of my life… — Mayurkumar Solanki Copy Share Image
I was in such a creative groove after turning in my last book (The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a… — Andy Cohen Copy Share Image
When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
These matters having been arranged, I had a temporary awning erected near the river, and was for three or four days busily… — Charles Sturt Copy Share Image
Once you have your character sitting right there in your head, all you really need to do is wind them up, put… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
One major difference I observe between professional and amateur writers is that pros can take constructive criticism. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think I know what my bandmates like or are interested in or would be interested in doing. I take ideas and… — John Dieterich Copy Share Image
