Might we not say that every child at play behaves like a creative writer, in that he creates a world of his… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Literature in the written sense represents the triumph of language over writing: the subversion of writing for purposes that have little or… — Robert Bringhurst Copy Share Image
I'm writing a script-a romantic drama, but I don't want to give too much of it away. I'm also writing a long… — Neve Campbell Copy Share Image
Like most new writers, I could only hope that one day one publisher might agree to publish one of my books; I… — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
Poetry is almost like my foundation for everything. I almost feel I am a better actor and writer because of it. — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
Because I write intuitively and image-by-image and moment-by-moment, my writing has to be powered by feelings and emotions. — Fred D'Aguiar Copy Share Image
If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I will write it in… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
The software patent problem is not limited to Mono. Software patents affect everyone writing software today. — Miguel de Icaza Copy Share Image
Of course, there are hundreds of novels and authors that have influenced me. But to choose three, they are: Stephen King/The Stand… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
I treat people who write me the way my friends and I all treat each other when we go to each other… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
I would say, A, you can't really teach anyone how to write good characters, because it's something you have to teach yourself… — Robert Ben Garant Copy Share Image
Writing recently in the New York Times, David Brooks noted correctly if belatedly that conservatives disdain for liberal intellectuals had slipped into… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
“Writing is so much more problematic than drawing, full of moral pitfalls, ambiguity, public responsibility. If you record a day of your… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we dream of things that we've always wanted--of things that we have been searching for our whole lives without knowing it...and… — Cassandra Giovanni Copy Share Image
I never had any frustration about writing uncredited. I always felt that the satisfaction of doing it was in the doing of… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
When people have no interest in a subject, it's very hard to get them to laugh about it. If I had to… — George Meyer Copy Share Image
Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer… — Walter Jon Williams Copy Share Image
English of course is your major tool, but it is not nearly so important as other aspects of writing for example you… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
“My writing, it’s all I have. Well, aside from my health. And shelter, food, and clothing. Oh, and my cat.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
My advice for writers is to get a good day job. It takes the pressure off writing if you have a job… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
I prepare for my craft so that when opportunities come, I can deliver something hopefully even more interesting than the writer had… — Leslie Uggams Copy Share Image
“A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
People want more real artistes. They want girls who can actually sing and play an instrument and write their own songs -… — Marion Raven Copy Share Image
Allowing artist-illustrators to control the design and content of statistical graphics is almost like allowing typographers to control the content, style, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
“Get to work. Your work is to keep cranking the flywheel that turns the gears that spin the belt in the engine… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I beg your pardon: correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Some writers, no matter how good they are, can't speak to us. Something about the way they see the world, I think,… — David Bowker Copy Share Image
“Hey, I write fiction. I just make this stuff up, unless I get my hands on some good juicy truth. You know… — Dick Peterson Copy Share Image
One book that has influenced the writer very strongly is Winwood Reade's Martyrdom of Man...It is still an extraordinarily inspiring presentation of… — William Winwood Reade Copy Share Image
One of the most difficult things in writing a novel or anything at all is to choose the point of view from… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“It might be said of Miss [Djuna] Barnes,” [T.S. Eliot] wrote, “who is incontestably one of the most original writers of our… — Ross Wetzsteon Copy Share Image
Every writing teacher gives the subliminal message, every time they teach: 'Your life counts for something.' In no other subject that I… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
In my opinion there are two basic questions that any writer tries to answer. "What is?" is the question non-fiction asks. "What… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Somehow, some way, incredibly enough, good writing ultimately gets recognized. If you're a really good writer and deserve that honored position, then… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
Writing, directing - it's just torture every time and it doesn't seem to get any easier. And yet I love them and… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
I could write about coal miners in Northern Pennsylvania, and people would ask if I was writing about my dad. — Owen King Copy Share Image
I think writing is really a process of communication. . . . It's the sense of being in contact with people who… — Sherley Anne Williams Copy Share Image
I was trying to support a family with writing. I didn't have a private income. I had no other profession. — John Updike Copy Share Image
I have spent a lot of my life trying to do good and be a humanitarian, to write about difficult places, and… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
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