The first author I remember being obsessed by, actually realizing 'I like the way he writes and I like the way he… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
A lot of people who were writing when I came through originally as a singer-songwriter have disappeared. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject. — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
Often as a writer, you get your first draft out, and then you look and think, 'Now, what have I got here.'… — Chris Chibnall Copy Share Image
Clearly the work of a master teacher who has deep knowledge of his subject and enormous empathy for his students and his… — Betty Edwards Copy Share Image
We never could clearly understand how it is that egotism, so unpopular in conversation, should be so popular in writing. — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
You should live in a manner that should enable you to devote time to writing and contemplation. As is often said, the… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
That prose is a verse, and verse is a prose; convincing all, by demonstrating plain – poetic souls delight in prose insane — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
The book that convinced me I wanted to be a writer was 'Crime and Punishment'. I put the thing down after reading… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I do 280 episodes of TV a year, write 15 recipes for the magazine, and publish an annual book. With all of… — Rachael Ray Copy Share Image
Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!" He slung his M16 onto his back and pulled out a… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
My experience as a newspaper reporter was invaluable in terms of getting me to the kind of writing I do now. It… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I always see nice images like that but I don't know what to do with them. I guess you share them with… — James Franco Copy Share Image
“Kindly permit me to tell you, sir, that I hate you. I hate you and your child, as I hate the life… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
I love crosscut parallel storytelling, like we did in Blue Valentine. I love how Alejandro González Iñárritu has done it, and Quentin… — Derek Cianfrance Copy Share Image
We believe in a single fundamental idea that describes better than most textbooks and any speech that I could write what a… — Mario Copy Share Image
My actual writing process? I have to just love the beat before I even write on it. I can't force myself to… — Lil Nas X Copy Share Image
I was getting rewarded for writing well, from about the age of five or six. A teacher would say, "Look what Andrew… — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
Honestly, the choice is: I can be a cheerful person, more awake to correction, more of a force for good ... when… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Literature has done great work for feminism - writing and reading are a practice of empathy - and great literature will continue… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
If you get the you-are-a-genius label, it can limit you. Because I'm not so scrutinized, I have more freedom. And that let's… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
“Poetry is best written with the growl and the gut. The heart and the head should be the realm to the reader.” — Jeremy Young Copy Share Image
I'm out here to bomb, period. That's what I started for. I didn't start writing to go to Paris, I didn't start… — Skeme Copy Share Image
I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English. — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
“remember, you were a writer before you ever put pen to paper. just because you were not writing externally. does not mean… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
I've always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
The Germans and Austrians are very polite, the Swiss are very reserved and the Spanish usually kiss me. The Brits write me… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
She could only write with him at night and she was wasting her days just sitting around. So he thought I could… — Cynthia Weil Copy Share Image
To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not… — Maria Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Artists are dishonest creatures really. They foist their version of reality upon us while making it all up. Writers, painters, musicians, auteurs—they’re… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Alice heard a woman say, 'Before I start writing I feel affectionate, interested, and frustrated. In that order. Afterwards I feel relieved,… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
I think it's possible for anybody to write what they want to write - superheroes, historical, period drama, 'Game Of Thrones' -… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
I was never a great reader, but there were two stories I loved best: Kipling's The Elephant's Child and The Jungle Book.… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
“A deep level of personal engagement is key to good writing and complete immersion by the writer will translate into a richer… — Nidhie Sharma Copy Share Image
Of all writings I love only that which is written with blood. Write with blood: and you will discover that blood is… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or despair ... Come to it any way but lightly. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Writing is my way of expressing - and thereby eliminating - all the various ways we can be wrong-headed. — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
What I like doing is writing and recording and much more on the, I guess, the - on that creative level. It's… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I usually don't have to do a lot of research in my work, as I'm writing about something I'm already familiar with. — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
I would like to say that I was inspired to write 'Shiver' by some overwhelming belief in true love, but here's my… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
