“We like to take credit when we get a new idea, as if we originated the idea in our brain, but what… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
Somebody's always getting me to come lecture to their writing class, and I don't talk about writing at all, I talk about… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
That has been my outlet and a way to provide for my child - writing songs for myself and for other artists. — Jamie Lynn Spears Copy Share Image
An author who enjoys writing may sometimes please other people by accident, but he can never pass on to any one else… — J. E. Buckrose Copy Share Image
This is writing. You cut out chunks of your own memories, rework them, bleed into them, breathe into the raw clay, and… — Holly Lisle Copy Share Image
I love being a writer because I want to leave something here on earth to make it better, prettier, stronger. — Cynthia Rylant Copy Share Image
The narrative songs were well-written, like an article in The New Yorker. They're nice and pat. They're more like I'm just showing… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
“Dreams, kindled in the fire of imagination, ignite in the brilliance of our minds, and are wrought in the work of our… — Suzy Davies Copy Share Image
I'm not a sketch writer. I know what I am: I have a sensitive comedic sensibility. What turns me on is subtle… — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
Here's what I think is good about 'Ted Lasso' and what I'm proud of in it, as a writer: It's about kindness… — Brett Goldstein Copy Share Image
It's very difficult, I think for most writers, to carve out the time and the kind of imaginative space to do the… — Emily Barton Copy Share Image
Parents should watch what their children watch and not use TV as a babysitter. If a show is objectionable they should turn… — Bill Bixby Copy Share Image
“Neither black/red/yellow nor woman but poet or writer. For many of us, the question of priorities remains a crucial issue. Being merely… — Trinh T. Minh-ha Copy Share Image
No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake. Loose ends,… — Alexander Trocchi Copy Share Image
“I do not possess the ability to draw or paint. I can’t sing or dance. I can’t knit or sew. But I… — Aubrey Becker Copy Share Image
It is hard to write a simple definition of something as varied as hacking, but I think what these activities have in… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
What I find cool about being a banned author is this: I'm writing books that evoke a reaction, books that, if dropped… — Lauren Myracle Copy Share Image
I don't have to write about the future. For most people, the present is enough like the future to be pretty scary. — William Gibson Copy Share Image
I started writing when I was a journalist. But every time I sat down to write a novel or a story, I… — Damian Barr Copy Share Image
Like most kids growing up, I had a very wide interest. I was interested in everything. I tried to take advantage of… — Michael P. Anderson Copy Share Image
I think, because I didn't think of myself getting into writing and production since I was younger, I could get bored of… — Ricky Reed Copy Share Image
I was trying to write a straightforward book of sociological analysis, or at least cultural criticism, and I failed. — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
These days, everyone is a writer, producer and movie star. You post something on the web, get enough hits, and suddenly you… — Dustin Diamond Copy Share Image
The idea of directing was something that I always had in the back of my mind, and writing as well. I began… — Charles Martin Smith Copy Share Image
“A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time... If you… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
I write the lyrics based on what is going on in my life - I'm not going to write about the old… — Oliver Sykes Copy Share Image
Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've never thought about the con of living in New York as a writer. Because I always think, Oh, what fun to… — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
New lyric writers have become an asset for me. I gave Naseer Faraz a break in 'Aetbaar' and he was up for… — Rajesh Roshan Copy Share Image
No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I don't write on set. I also - in a funny way, I don't really differentiate between the writing and directing. I… — Alex Garland Copy Share Image
Writer and tequila drinker living in the heart of wine country. It's wine, people, not the ejaculate of Christ. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I try to not be self-conscious in my writing process. I think it's important to just be in your subconscious mind -… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
It's such a gift when you know who you're writing for and you know that that actor is capable of so much… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
What interests me in writing a novel is taking really remote voices, characters, and stories and beginning to create some kind of… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
The longing for a very garish kind of success seems as widespread among writers as among investment bankers. — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“We all have ideas, sometimes good ones, not to mention the gift of emotional turmoil that every childhood provides.” — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
We have the right, and the obligation, to tell old stories in our own ways, because they are our stories. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Writing is rewriting... If you fall in love with the vision you want of your work and not your words, the rewriting… — Nora DeLoach Copy Share Image
There are probably a couple of things I'd never write about until everyone I know is dead. And then there's other stuff… — Ned Beauman Copy Share Image
