The best I can do is, it's like a 'ding!' You're writing, and then something starts falling into place, and you hear… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
I write horror because I enjoy it. I'm endlessly fascinated by the supernatural, by death, by darkness. And, to be honest, I… — Bentley Little Copy Share Image
For a perfect holiday I need my iPhone and my writing tools. I write all my books by hand so black felt… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
I have a day job, which means my family isn't dependent on the writing income. So if I have an idea I… — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of collaboration over the years, but right now I'm enjoying writing by myself and just being me again… — Delta Goodrem Copy Share Image
I don't like to call myself a feminist writer. I say I'm a feminist, but I don't write to propagate an ism, — Shashi Deshpande Copy Share Image
Getting the correct writer is simply like casting. You wouldn't hire an actor in order to tell him how to work. He… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I often think flowers are the angels' alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I sort of recognize it, as opposed to shaping it. Oh, that's a good idea, that's a good line. I wonder where… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
In playwriting, you've got to be able to write dialogue. And if you write enough of it and let it flow enough,… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
One can't write a weird story of real power without perfect psychological detachment from the human scene, and a magic prism of… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
And I have the support of the writers: I have a great relationship with the creative team, and they have a good… — Trish Stratus Copy Share Image
[Stanley] Kubrick was a great artist and a perfectionist. He always wanted the exact right thing. He did a million takes. Everything… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Anything that happens after I write a song...that's fine with me. It's up to the listener to read into it what they… — Guy Clark Copy Share Image
I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got,… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
“This is what I believe to be the progress of a writer. You write 10 things, of which one of them will… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I'm one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know. — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Writers do the self-censoring before they even get to the studio executive, because they know the film will not run that gauntlet.… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
'Carrie' was a pretty big-budget movie at a real studio, with a director that had already done a bunch of things and… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
Cooking and writing were my two forms of personal therapy and when I was doing over one or the other, I was… — Dawn O'Porter Copy Share Image
Every writer has something to say, but those writers whose works endure have dared to say something about the things that frighten… — Holly Lisle Copy Share Image
It's around midnight. After I left Dad, my choice was to either become very drunk or write this. I chose to write… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
When I began writing novels, I read Aristotle to learn how to perfect structure, Pearl Cleage to sustain tension, and Nora Roberts… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
I think I came to film-making through writing. I started to write, and people, teachers, responded to my writing. — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
Work harder than everybody. Read scripts, watch movies. Help other writers, it makes you better. And probably move to L.A. — Lorene Scafaria Copy Share Image
Remember that you don't write a story because you have an idea but because you have a believable character. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Words and sentences are subjects of revision; paragraphs and whole compositions are subjects of prevision. — Barrett Wendell Copy Share Image
Basically, I got into stand-up because I'm too egocentric to be an actor and not disciplined enough to be a writer. — Christian Finnegan Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found… — B. J. Novak Copy Share Image
“I do not believe that I should only write about what I know but that I should write also of the other.” — Felisberto Hernandez Copy Share Image
I have no plans for a future Jemima Shore mystery, but would write one tomorrow if a good idea came to me. — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed. — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
I find it so funny how people that don't write the music, and have no involvement in it, can make such huge… — Cher Lloyd Copy Share Image
“No more sleepovers, no more writing poetry, no more wasting time. Time to tidy up your life. Time to start again.” — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
I say again, if I cannot draw a horse, I will not write THIS IS A HORSE under what I foolishly meant… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
I've had a family my entire adult life; I started raising kids when I was 21. I suspect that being part of… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
“this chair where i sit and write my poems is beat up and scratched, held together with wire, tape and hope. you… — John Yamrus Copy Share Image
I tell people not to write too soon about their lives. Writing about yourself too young is loaded with psychological complexities. — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
I do have some theatrical background. I've written plays and seen plays and read plays. But I also read novels. One thing… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I'm never more miserable than when I write, and never more happy than having finished and having it sitting in front of… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image