As I've got older, I've got into doing much more stand-up, and much more writing and directing, and so there's been this… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I write because it makes God happy that I write. I sing because it makes God happy that I sing. And if… — Jamey Johnson Copy Share Image
Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith... talent is the smallest part of it. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your own family to read. You wouldn't tell lies to your own wife. Don't… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
I binge-watched this show 'Damages.' Glenn Close and Rose Byrne are so good. Lily Tomlin is in it. You see all these… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
I discovered Orson Welles in college; my freshman English professor screened 'Citizen Kane' for us, and I wound up writing a 20-page… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
I think that writers are, at best, outsiders to the society they inhabit. They have a kind of detachment, or try to… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“The writers we love often serve us through their comfort and example without their ever knowing it, and in this sense, they're… — Patricio Pron Copy Share Image
We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
After Memory Keepers Daughter, it took me a few months to shut out the world. I really had to turn off the… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
“There is this quality esteemed within every good writer. She knows…she knows that truth must be un-sheltered within every human transition phase… — Dew Platt Copy Share Image
“With a writer's eye, Irving detected Jackson's depths. "As his admirers say, he is truly an old Roman-to which I would add,… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“What is the greatest reward a writer can have? Isn't it that day when someone rushes up to you, his face bursting… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I believe that everybody needs to tell their story - to be heard, to be seen, to be acknowledged, to be understood.… — Shakti Gawain Copy Share Image
These days, I find I'm applying a little more patience to my process. If I look back on my work, I can… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
I'm not going to lay down in words the lure of this place. Every great writer in the land, from Faulkner to… — Chris Rose Copy Share Image
I don't carry notebooks and I don't consciously store ideas. I try not to think that I am a writer and I… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
There are numerous layers to truth, and the simple and superficial statement of facts cannot satisfy the writer. — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
I always counsel aspiring novelists that passion is the most important quality for a writer to possess - technique can be taught,… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I find the public reaction to writing - it's fascinating in this modern age. Of course people are able to interact with… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
I write songs that mean something to me because I want to connect with people and make them feel something too. — Nina Nesbitt Copy Share Image
It has long been a theory of mine and I am known, if I do say so, for my long theories that… — Cleveland Amory Copy Share Image
The language has got to be fully alive - I can't bear dull, flaccid writing myself and I don't see why any… — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
I have to write for everyone. What really fascinates me is how you make films or make stories that can genuinely be… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
“Mark to yourself the gradual way in which you have been prepared for, and are now led by an irresistible necessity to… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
I tried to stick with what I knew best, which is writing rock n' roll songs and melodies. I am as passionate… — Gary Cherone Copy Share Image
In writing a weird story, I always try very carefully to achieve the right mood and atmosphere and place the emphasis where… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
Whenever you write on a subject that questions the status quo, there are bound to be many who wrestle with the issues — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
I dont want to write a book; I dont want to go on T.V., because I stink at it. The only thing… — Patti Hansen Copy Share Image
I wouldn't write anything autobiographical. If you've lived a life like Laurence of Arabia, it might be a consideration, but otherwise it's… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
“Genuineness is often sacrificed in order to showcase the author's control over the form and subject matter, the end result technically sound… — Jennifer S. Davis Copy Share Image
That's the great test: if you're going to be a great comic writer, not a humorist, you've got to take it into… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
I don't do much of anything consciously in writing - in poetry writing, anyway, prose usually being a different matter, of course. — Ron Padgett Copy Share Image
In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
When a man publishes a book, there are so many stupid things said that he declares he'll never do it again. The… — Sherwood Anderson Copy Share Image
I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We're still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends. — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I have never thought of myself as a good writer. Anyone who wants reassurance of that should read one of my first… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
There is no objection to the proposal: in order to learn to be a poet, I shall try to write a sonnet.… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
I unfolded the note, and it took me a few seconds to decipher Adrian’s writing. If he did write me a dating… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I always thought we had an environmental problem, but I hadn't realized how urgent it was. James Lovelock writes that by the… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
