I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do. — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
I think sometimes writers must attempt to communicate the incommunicable, because, whether they wish it or not, they're the ones to whom… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
There's no bad writing; you did something. I was operating inside language, and I did something. I'm not ashamed of it. — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero's plight from the opening pages, where people put… — Andrew Gross Copy Share Image
This is what I wanted to do from the very beginning: write songs and make records and tour them with a good… — Christopher Owens Copy Share Image
“Storytelling is an escape from the jail of the self, leading to the ultimate adventure--seeing life through the eyes of another.” — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
Who is writing these screenwriting books? Not actually writing for the studios in Hollywood. These are people that have one or a… — Thomas Lennon Copy Share Image
“The only thing worth writing about is people. People . Human beings. Men and women whose individuality must be created, line by… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel. All of them? Sure, he says. Think… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“At first, writing actually felt the more arduous of the two activities. But in order to reach cultural-center nirvana, I forced myself… — Yu Hua Copy Share Image
When I am working on a book or a story I write every morning as soon after first light as possible. There… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“Writing is a muscle. Smaller than a hamstring and slightly bigger than a bicep, and it needs to be exercised to get… — Colin Nissan Copy Share Image
No scientist, engineer, writer, psychologist, artist, or physician - and certainly no scholar, and therefore no serious university faculty member - pursues… — Leon Botstein Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, it's the weirdest thing: it's not even a conscious process. I'm not even thinking when I write, and then… — Banks Copy Share Image
“Writers aren’t the only ones who use the first kind of noble obstacle. I know some guys who say they can’t work… — Jon Acuff Copy Share Image
I confess, I do have to remind myself almost daily that there are people on this earth capable of reading, writing, eating… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Well, I always say that the two things I was most disastrous at in my life, being a teenager and being a… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
If you want to be a psychological novelist and write about human beings, the best thing you can do is keep a… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I would fix other people's lines if they asked me on occasion. The hard part of writing is the architecture of it,… — William Devane Copy Share Image
We're journalists, so our default position is we're not writing editorial. We're trying to bring information to readers, viewers, so that they… — Tim Hetherington Copy Share Image
What I expect from writers-and from myself as a writer-is to articulate a complex view of things. To incite us to be… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
In my own little way, I feel like I'm part of a group of writers who care deeply about pushing the essay… — David Shields Copy Share Image
My symphonies would have reached Opus 100 if I had but written them down... Sometimes I am so full of music, and… — Robert Schumann Copy Share Image
I make no complaint. I am a writer. I do not accept my condition; I will strive to change it; but I… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
A lot of our favorite comedies in general are usually directed by writers, whether or not they wrote the original script themselves. — Jon Hurwitz Copy Share Image
“We write and rewrite to construct the best, in life we make our life and when we commit mistakes we try again… — Abaton Maynard Paul Copy Share Image
When you write non-fiction, you sit down at your desk with a pile of notebooks, newspaper clippings, and books and you research… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
The craft, the writing of a song, is about creating a story, a life story, a world within three minutes, but that's… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I sometimes write in a cafe down the road from my house now because I feel guilty trying to work if I… — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll ask the book writer to write a monologue, not to be performed, just as if they were notes for the… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I think my mission, if I could call it that, as a storyteller is to try and find ways to show how… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share Image
Being the everyman in the writing room helps a lot: you have to be a real collaborator and selfless, and not have… — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
I don't care if my books don't sell abroad; we have a large enough market in our country. I write for Indian… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
I actually love Stephen King's writing. I mean, we, actually, at Castle Rock, we've made seven movies out of Stephen King books. — Rob Reiner Copy Share Image
When I write lyrics, it's only when I'm angry or hurt or sad. So lyrically it's never really easy going. And the… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I think we writers are very superstitious. We don't know why it's working when it's working, so we attach cause and effect. — Megan Abbott Copy Share Image
For me it's also - the music is equally as important. I mean I think as somebody who writes music, there just… — Katey Sagal Copy Share Image
If I have a clear spot in my schedule, I like to tackle the heavy scenes that require the heightened emotion and… — Eden Robinson Copy Share Image
I think, in reading a few sentences of text, you can just tell the tone, and that's something I love in prose… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
Alice Munro is a particular kind of short story writer in that she writes long, character-driven short stories. — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
