All of the great writers whom I admire have died. I guess the most recent one would be Marquez. — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
So much of reading and writing to me is about being elsewhere, no matter how much I love where I am. — Glen Hirshberg Copy Share Image
“I just slept for fifteen hours straight. Yes, writing a musical is THAT exhausting!” — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a literary writer, so I wrote story after story and sent them to 'The New Yorker.' — Diane Mott Davidson Copy Share Image
In the end, I want to spend my 60s writing bonkbusters like Jilly Cooper. — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“trying to translate into a language that's known a poem writ in the language of stone” — Kenneth White Copy Share Image
Prose-it might be speculated-is discourse; poetry ellipsis. Prose is spoken aloud; poetry overheard. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
It is more pleasant and useful to go through the 'experience of the revolution' than to write about it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nobody told all the new e-mail writers that the essence of writing is rewriting. Just because they are writing with ease and… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
The ideas for stories that thronged my brain would not let me rest till I had got rid of them by writing… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Find out what your hero or heroine wants, and when he or she wakes up in the morning, just follow him or… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I believe that writing on music is experienced inside your head, is not a physically present in the world, it has a… — Robert Christgau Copy Share Image
Rittner's Computer Law: Never argue with people who write with digital ink and pay by the kilowatt-hour. — Don Rittner Copy Share Image
I'm over the word 'like' in conversation, and 'you know' seems to be the placeholder of choice, but when I'm writing dialogue,… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
It even feels absurd to be writing or singing a song at all - in the context of actual death, being alive… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
I don't eat fast food often, but I love tacos. I could write prophetically about how perfect the taco is. — Ken Baumann Copy Share Image
We need to make sure that every child in America goes to a school every day that is safe, will teach them… — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
“That's how it is for us servants. No one pays you much heed; mostly you're invisible as furniture. Yet you overhear a… — Martine Bailey Copy Share Image
I wish writing was a talent that I had. I've tried. Unfortunately, I'm just not talented in the writing department. But, if… — Eva Mendes Copy Share Image
“You angel, you have written. [...] Please, in all this muddle of life, continue to be a bright and constant star. Just… — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image
“Her feelings as dark as the night sky, the moon was the only thing making her come alive So she got some… — N Copy Share Image
My students are often asking me, 'What do you think are the most important qualities for a writer?' And one thing I… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
“The Story Is Always There Sometimes you don't need to speak to someone to know how they are feeling. You don't need… — Delma Pryce Copy Share Image
Writing a class without its contract would be similar to producing an engineering component (electrical circuit, VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) chip,… — Bertrand Meyer Copy Share Image
![“You angel, you have written. [...] Please, in all this muddle of life, continue to be a bright and constant star. Just a few things remain as beacons: poetry, and you, and solitude. You see that I am extremely sentimental. Had you suspected that?” quote by Vita Sackville-West](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/378/vita-sackville-west-4366_letters_you-angel-you-have-written-please-in-all_452775.jpg)
