Usually, people write the characters into a box, and that's just not true to life. — Thomas Ian Nicholas Copy Share Image
Writers don't need to be given formulas; they need to be shown possibilities. — Barry Lane Copy Share Image
You should always have 2 books...the one you're reading and the one you're writing. — Sterling W Sill Copy Share Image
While most of the music I write is instrumental, I love to use the human voice as another instrument. — Yanni Copy Share Image
A man coined to superlative must expect that his every statement will be taken with some caution — Claude C. Hopkins Copy Share Image
“I write when I'm inspired and I see to it that I'm inspired at 9 o'clock every morning. Peter de Vries” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have a tremendous respect for writers who scribble away their torments, and their passions into plays. — Rob Urbinati Copy Share Image
I really do like to write and when I'm not, I think, "Okay, I'll be a good citizen now" but fact is,… — Phillip Lopate Copy Share Image
Try to begin things you feel you can do. To begin is enough-there is a boldness in beginning. And in boldness lies… — Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
Before I was ever a poet, my father was writing poems about me, so it was a turning of the tables when… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
While a book has got to be worthwhile from the point of view of the reader it's got to be worthwhile from… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I believe that as a writer and a director, you're only providing the skeleton of a character, and you're hiring actors to… — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
I think I'm always writing, and I'm always working, and I'm always trying to be creative. It's just something that I do… — John 5 Copy Share Image
“Writing is no more than wending a way in an attempt to restore all of the paths that had been cut-short, headed… — Mary Cappello Copy Share Image
I've written in every imaginable location; a repurposed closet, the kitchen table, the bleachers while my kids had basketball practice, the front… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“When people charge in with great insistence that this is God’s word all the while neglecting the very real humanity of these… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
No one can write their real religious life with pen or pencil. It is written only in actions, and its seal is… — Wilfred Grenfell Copy Share Image
Since the president's [Barack Obama] lost all of that [majority in Senate], he now has decided he's just going to write laws… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
Here's the truth you have to wrestle with: the reason that art (writing, engaging, leading, all of it) is valuable is precisely… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
When it comes to rock music, I'm not much of a player, but I do have entry-level chops. I'm more knowledgeable as… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I think alcohol is a good drug for me when I'm writing. I don't think I've ever had a problem with it.… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
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