I think that's more a reflection of the fact I've never been a student of any particular school of writing, or even… — Feist Copy Share Image
When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
If I'm happy and joyous, which I have been a lot in my life, thankfully, I'm usually not at the piano writing… — Beth Hart Copy Share Image
To me, the reason to write about [Buckminster] Fuller is because I think that he has ideas that are incredibly pertinent. — Jonathon Keats Copy Share Image
“Looking through my internet history you'd think I'm trying to kill someone but really I just want cool names from dragons. #this… — Kurokotesuya Copy Share Image
I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the… — Bob Schieffer Copy Share Image
It seems natural to me that as a writer, you should have some kind of, you know, there should be some kind… — Amiri Baraka Copy Share Image
A lot of critics think I'm stupid because my sentences are so simple and my method is so direct: they think these… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
When I was a bad writer, I would consciously imitate other NPR writers who I thought were wonderful. I suppose that everyone's… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
An isolated person requires correspondence as a means of seeing his ideas as others see them, and thus guarding against the dogmatisms… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A distinguished man should be as particular about his last words as he is about his last breath. He should write them… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story, whether in print, orating, writing… — Kevin Smith Copy Share Image
I've written six seasons of a TV show with great help from an incredible staff of writers and other collaborators, but I… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
I had written four scripts before I wrote Recount. Each one progressed my career a little bit, but I didn't make a… — Danny Strong Copy Share Image
I'm intrigued by films that have a singular vision behind them. A lot of studio movies have ten writers by the time… — Carla Gugino Copy Share Image
When you're in a band with three writers, three great writers, you only get one third of the writer thing. So that's… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
I have a small room to write in. One wall is completely covered in books. And I face the window with the… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
To make my diary a little different I am going to call it a Thought Book ... I have thoughts that I… — Kate Douglas Wiggin Copy Share Image
I never sit down to write or say, "Today, I have to record something." I wait to hear it and then I… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
Miller didn't write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. That's the… — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to… — Len Wein Copy Share Image
Every time I write these words they become a taboo, Making sure my punctuation curve, every letter here's true, Living my life… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'm a good piano player, I can sing… — Elton John Copy Share Image
My weaknesses are also my strengths. Youd find it funny how I'm complacent with pain. The type who'd fall down seven times,… — Needa Muy Copy Share Image
I produce more movies than I write, but when I write, it is such an immersive, intense process that it probably takes… — Simon Kinberg Copy Share Image
Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
Make everybody fall out of the plane first, and then explain who they were and why they were in the plane to… — Ansen Dibell Copy Share Image
I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
Keats writes better about poems than anybody I've ever read. The things that he says about what he wants his own poems… — Andrew Motion Copy Share Image
One writes because one has a burning desire to objectify what it is indispensable to one's happiness to express. — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
Writing of every kind is a way to wake oneself up and keep as alive as when one has just fallen in… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
I often tell young people that as a writer you are very powerful, that you can make absolutely anything happen. — Christopher Paul Curtis Copy Share Image
I must have been five or six when I realised all the stuff I was writing made sense with what I was… — Mabel Copy Share Image
If you go to a big city anywhere in the world and you need a doctor, just ask me. I can tell… — Steffi Graf Copy Share Image
I think that's what I love about writing, is the ability to try to, in a sense, take a vacation from yourself… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
I'm a director and a writer, and I'm used to having my way. I'm not used to being a vessel for other… — Desiree Akhavan Copy Share Image
Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your… — Gene Fowler Copy Share Image
I love writing music for film and TV, but putting it into a video game is twice as fun because it needs… — Kristian Bush Copy Share Image
Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they don't try or give up when their efforts don't lead to a… — Lauren Tarshis Copy Share Image