“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
I think if I hadn't become a writer I would just have suppressed that part of my personality. I think I would… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
[Love] can be found in making little dresses for stuffed birds, or in a garden of tenderness like I have done -… — Annette Messager Copy Share Image
When it comes to writers and poets, for me it's Vinicius de Moraes. He's one of the greatest lyricists ever. — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
The writer, in order to proceed, is theoretically trying to predict where his complex skein of language and image has left his… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
The deepest quality of a work of art will always be the quality of the mind of the producer...No good novel will… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Thomas Hauser respects boxing and boxers. He gives readers insight into what happens in and out of the ring. Everything he writes… — Lennox Lewis Copy Share Image
“[S]torytelling, in ancient and modern practice, is always a contemplation of the experience of time passing. A story depends on things not… — Joan Silber Copy Share Image
Stupid English." "English isn't stupid," I say. "Well, my English teacher is." He makes a face. "Mr. Franklin assigned an essay about… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
For a really long time [before writing the novel], I was watching a lot of serial killer movies and I started to… — Lucy Corin Copy Share Image
My models were oral, were storytellers. Like my grandmothers and my aunts. It's true, a lot of people in my life were… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Probably the only thing that isn't great is the time when I know I'm very close to finishing the actual writing of… — Christopher Paul Curtis Copy Share Image
I don't believe that a writer 'gets' (takes into the head) an 'idea' (some sort of mental object) 'from' somewhere, and then… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Seize every opportunity you have to learn. Keep your eyes and ears wide open and seize life — don't let the moments… — Richie Sambora Copy Share Image
Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing. Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors.… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
My eighth grade teacher, Mrs. Pabst, had done her master's thesis on Tolkien. She showed me how the trilogy was patterned after… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I think if you want to make a recipe for making a writer, have them feel a little out of place everywhere,… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
“If I could just capture each memory in a bottle the maybe you people would understand how much I've suffered, how much… — Tommy Tran Copy Share Image
The ideas get under your skin. I am honored and deeply excited by the thought that the next generation of writers, or… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
[On culture] It's living the core values when you hire; when you write an email; when you are working on a project;… — Brian Chesky Copy Share Image
When you have a foreign invasion - in this case by the Indonesian army - writers, intellectuals, newspapers and magazines are the… — Antonio Tabucchi Copy Share Image
A man of moderate Understanding, thinks he writes divinely: A man of good Understanding, thinks he writes reasonably. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I've never suffered from writer's block. I have plenty of ideas, sometimes too many. I've always had a strong imagination. If it… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
I can remember being eight, and I like writing about that age of innocence when children still have a sense of wonder. — John Boyne Copy Share Image
Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just how many people… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I never base a character on someone I know. You can get ideas from real life, but every character you write is… — S. E. Hinton Copy Share Image
If you're a writer, you've chosen art as a way of life. You must accept that some will like your work and… — Mark Rubinstein Copy Share Image
I think the U.K. is too small to write about from within it and still make it seem foreign and exotic and… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I don't tend to write articles and blogs because, I think, if you went into the theatre knowing that this is the… — Mike Bartlett Copy Share Image
I believe in creative failing - to contine to write poems that fail and fail and fail until a day comes when… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
People read legal writing differently. When you're at the crux of a legal argument, every step is a step in the argument.… — William Lashner Copy Share Image
If there's something that I really need to say that I can't say by speaking to someone, I usually write it in… — Joshua Radin Copy Share Image
A masterfully written text for the M&A student and professional: clear, concise, comprehensive, practical, and insightful. — Lloyd Levitin Copy Share Image
All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together. — Justin Townes Earle Copy Share Image
When we were writing for Panic whether we knew it or not, having that name over the songs we were trying to… — Ryan Ross Copy Share Image
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“I didn't always write for a living, and even back when it was my most fondly held dream to one day be… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
When you start out as a TV writer, you get a lot of pressure from outside forces to fit into what they… — Nahnatchka Khan Copy Share Image
I'm no romantic, surfing, California boy. I like reading, writing, philosophizing. Scheming. I've been doing some exploration of the inner space. — Henry Hopper Copy Share Image
![“[Love] can be found in making little dresses for stuffed birds, or in a garden of tenderness like I have done - mixing writing, photography, and real spaces. There are all kinds of acts of love.” quote by Annette Messager](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/de3/annette-messager-44479_acts-of-love_love-can-be-found-in-making-little-dress_1187354.jpg)
![“[S]torytelling, in ancient and modern practice, is always a contemplation of the experience of time passing. A story depends on things not standing still, on the built-in condition of impermanence.” quote by Joan Silber](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/0ea/joan-silber-43457_editing_s-torytelling-in-ancient-and-modern-prac_1838862.jpg)
![“For a really long time [before writing the novel], I was watching a lot of serial killer movies and I started to wonder if this was a trend and if other people were doing the same thing. That's what happens when you suddenly have a critical perspective on your own behavior.” quote by Lucy Corin](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/b66/lucy-corin-23165_behavior_for-a-really-long-time-before-writing-th_1977478.jpg)
![“[On culture] It's living the core values when you hire; when you write an email; when you are working on a project; when you are walking in the hall.” quote by Brian Chesky](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/2bb/brian-chesky-11116_core_on-culture-it-s-living-the-core-values-w_2157616.png)
