Songwriters can’t explain. You get an idea and you don’t know where it’s come from. And if you’re lucky, you have a… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
I read a quote to the effect that we are always writing about ourselves no matter what we're doing. That may be… — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
“Ink, dark as night, creates words, and as they are read, they become the little beads and baubles of the mind.” — Suzanne Valtsioti Copy Share Image
Writing in English was a major challenge. I didn't want other songwriters to write for me. I wanted to preserve the spirit… — Shakira Copy Share Image
A sweeping statement is the only statement worth listening to. The critic without faith gives balanced opinions, usually about second-rate writers. — Patrick Kavanagh Copy Share Image
Most writers are not quick-witted when they talk. Novelists, in particular, drag themselves around in society like gut-shot bears. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I'm pleased to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I realize I am a writer people buy to take… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
I tried to find a way out in many ways, but it all caught up with me. Once I realised I could… — Martha Wainwright Copy Share Image
The strength of film is its accessibility and immediacy. But the strength of books is that freedom to really depict anything you… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“(from chapter 29, "Write In a Book What You See") "heuristic writing - writing to explore and discover what I didn't know.… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
The paralysis that we have right now when we think about migration is partly because we can't imagine what the world would… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I think I write honestly about what goes on in a guy’s mind, and girls are interested in that. As a sex,… — Gary Lightbody Copy Share Image
I think that I have grown a lot as an artist. I have been writing about my experiences of love and overcoming… — Jessica Sanchez Copy Share Image
Primo Levi's - I mean, he's a very different kind of writer. He's a much more formal writer. He's a much more… — Ann Goldstein Copy Share Image
The things that have always drawn me to the craft of writing is character, it's story, it's something that becomes like a… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
In my general meetings, I certainly tell producers and executives that I'm interested in writing action films, but I think there's still… — Allison Schroeder Copy Share Image
“How do you learn to write? You sit your ass down in a chair, in front of a laptop, for ten years.… — Sean Beaudoin Copy Share Image
I think it's wrong to write in a totally esoteric language when you want to talk about things which interest a multitude… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Write down each day what surprised you and how you surprised others. When something strikes a spark of interest, follow it. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
I write everywhere. I've written books while I was on planes, at Disney World, and in multiple countries of which I am… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“Poetry is the language of the soul; Poetic Prose, the language of my heart. Each line must flow as in a song,… — Lori R. Lopez Copy Share Image
Part of the work of writing a novel is to uncover the symmetries or connections that make it whole, which might not… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
I've had a lot of writers, in particular, who said they got into writing because of the 'Van Dyke Show.' They said… — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Writers are, for the most part, crazy people. We're like Hephaestus of the forge. We're gnarled. We're curled over. We walk with… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different. — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
Give me a paper and pen, so I can write about my life of sin. A couple of bottles of gin, in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I m not Shakespeare to write about you. I m not Shelley to sing for u. I m not Picasso to paint… — Babloo Copy Share Image
Writing is one way to go about thinking, and the practice and habit of writing not only drain the mind but supply… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
That's one thing I learned in my philosophy training - if you're writing a paper on Aristotle, you have to first show… — ContraPoints Copy Share Image
Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
. . . Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that… — Plato Copy Share Image
I dont write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but thats not why I write. — August Wilson Copy Share Image
I'm definitely not pushing to find who can I write with or produce with, but of course I'm open to something if… — Betty Who Copy Share Image
“The difference between writers and readers is similar to the difference between expressionism and impressionism. Writers want to express themselves and readers… — Claire Amber Copy Share Image
I think most people that do comedy write for themselves. I don't think there is any other way you can do it,… — David Walliams Copy Share Image
The 'sent' folder of my email program is really my biggest inspiration and my biggest source of lyrics. That's where I go… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
The writer writes about what happened in order to make it make sense, to put it in perspective, to turn it into… — Clarence Major Copy Share Image
“A writer should be a recluse. Why share words with a few friends in the moment when they can be written down… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I just sing and write songs and wear what I want. It's quite a good job really. If I wanted to I… — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
Economic chasm between people is something that is of interest to me. And something that I used to write about even as… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
