Writing, for me, really started in the '70s as a young child. I used to read a lot of nursery rhymes, and… — Gza Copy Share Image
Whom do I write for? I write for the story. Each story, it seems to me, knows best how it should be… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
They think written words are even more powerful,’ whispered the toad. ‘They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
One of the things I do as a food writer is to take a classic recipe made with meat, look at it… — Crescent Dragonwagon Copy Share Image
I love those adult writers with the pranking ethos, [Don] DeLillo and [Donald] Barthelme and David Foster Wallace. I don't see any… — Mac Barnett Copy Share Image
I think I'm in a really nice position, where I'm sure I could do another show if I wanted to do one,… — Chris Isaak Copy Share Image
I think my books are better than my exhibitions. If people don't like my books then I don't mind. I guess you… — David Shrigley Copy Share Image
Writers tend to be addicted to houses ... We work at home, indulging the agoraphobia endemic to our kind. We are immersed… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
The disparity between the haves and have-nots was always blatantly obvious to me, and it's that exact gap that drove me to… — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
I think I'm succinct to the point of trying to write the two-word novel. Editing my work almost never means taking anything… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
The love story between the hero and the heroine has to be at the center of the book. I think that's pretty… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
Something I always tell students is, when you're writing something, you want to write the first draft and you want it to… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
“I believe that art is the highest expression of the human spirit. ~ I believe that we yearn to transcend the merely… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I don't think we need a critic to negotiate with the audience. People say, "Who are you writing for?" I'm writing for… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
The late spring air hit my face when I opened my window. I took a couple of breathes then threw my bag,… — Jade Copy Share Image
Certainly, I had a wonderful push from my publisher and got very lucky. I'm very aware of what it means to have… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To me the truth comes first and then the literature. We in China are dealing with a dictatorial system and we writers… — Liao Yiwu Copy Share Image
And that's another piece of advice I'll give junior writers; when you get to the point where they take you to lunch,… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
There are some writers who wrote too much. There are others who wrote enough. There are yet others who wrote nothing like… — Margaret Drabble Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs since I was a little boy. You know, I think I wrote my first song when I was 11. — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
The writer cannot expect to be excused from the task of reeducation and regeneration that must be done. In fact, he should… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I'm living in a world where the sky is foreign and everything seems so strange. I need two things in all the… — Needa Muy Copy Share Image
I aspire to write what are called 'familiar essays.' They begin in the personal and end in the universal. It's not for… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
What I enjoy most about directing is the chance of working things out with the writer, plus I need their approval and… — Kathy Burke Copy Share Image
It was a subtle refinement of God to learn Greek when he wished to write a book – and that he did… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I actually find it pretty tedious when magazines ask me to write articles based on my real life, because I've already lived… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
I wrote for many years without showing my writing to anyone, because I was constantly comparing it to what I was reading.… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
I write pretty often. I have a home studio. Music is what I do for fun. I never get tired of it,… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
I think of a child's mind as a blank book. During the first years of his life, much will be written on… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
When you write, it's making a certain kind of music in your head. There's a rhythm to it, a pulse, and on… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I'm not one of these 'the characters write themselves; the story just fell out of me' kind of writers. Wish it was… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I've written so many verses and keep on writing so many more that I became afraid that if I didn't write them… — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
“The fat man looked amused. "What on earth for?" he said. "I never have any contact with writers. If I do, they… — Lavie Tidhar Copy Share Image
“There were many words piled up inside my chest, stories waiting to be told. I wanted to hand all this knowledge to… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
Take some wood and canvas and nails and things. Build yourself a theater, a stage, light it, learn about it. When you've… — Eugene O'Neill Copy Share Image
I have been called 'The American De Maupassant.' Well, I never wrote a filthy word in my life, and I don't like… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
I would rather write for the instruction, or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich. — Frederick Marryat Copy Share Image
My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A lot of my activity in the theatre, and even in writing poems, was a kind of retrospective aggro on the English… — Tony Harrison Copy Share Image
![“I love those adult writers with the pranking ethos, [Don] DeLillo and [Donald] Barthelme and David Foster Wallace. I don't see any reason not to bring those kinds of influences to bear on books for children.” quote by Mac Barnett](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/cf9/mac-barnett-23936_adults_i-love-those-adult-writers-with-the-pran_1437529.jpg)
![“Something I always tell students is, when you're writing something, you want to write the first draft and you want it to come out easily in the beginning. If you're afraid to say what you really have to say, you stammer. [...] You're judging yourself, you know, thinking about your listener. You're…” quote by Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/b17/sandra-cisneros-862_firsts_something-i-always-tell-students-is-when_967831.png)
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