I tend to write songs critiquing myself. The best way for me to deal with stuff is to write a song about… — Ty Segall Copy Share Image
Who knows whether in retirement I shall be tempted to the last infirmity of mundane minds, which is to write a book. — Geoffrey Fisher Copy Share Image
I don't read other writers because I'm writing all the time. It's too disturbing to read a writer with a good style… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
My husband really treats my writing like it's a job - and he reminds me of that when I have those low… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
My own life has been doubly disconnected, as I've written books under two different names. As an author, your name almost becomes… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
No, I don't harbor any mystical ideas about writing, Your Honor, it's work like any other kind of craft; the power of… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
You never forget where you were when you write a song; it's a very proper memory, so I knew exactly where I… — Dido Armstrong Copy Share Image
Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them. — Barbara Mertz Copy Share Image
I think writers are the history keepers, right? We're the ones who are bearing witness to what's going on in the world.… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
“Unpraised, I find it hard to start writing in the morning; but the dejection lasts only 30 minutes, and once I start… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Is there anyone who has ever written so much as a love letter in which he felt that he had said exactly… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The rules that I adhere to are the rules of minimalism. And those rules kind of force writing to be more filmic...… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“Though I didn’t start out plotting a life for Meg, it happened as the writing and the storylines unfolded, much like life… — R.J. Harlick Copy Share Image
My job as an actor has inspired generations of children to become doctors. My job as a writer has opened up the… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
“My father did not bring it up, but of course I knew that he had another reason to worry about my decision… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
There's a long-standing (50 year old) flame war within the field over whether it's "sci-fi" or "SF".SF has traditionally been looked down… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I don't see how you can write well if you're not reading well at the same time. I think the only risk… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
I keep a notebook on my bedside table and write poetry every night before I go to sleep. It's been something I've… — Lexi Underwood Copy Share Image
When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, it must… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
At Brandies I discovered Feminism. And I instantly became a convert... writing brilliant papers in my Myths of Patriarchy class, in which… — Heather Hart Copy Share Image
If one writes the rules then one can contradict oneself. It's all about rhetoric, about official narratives. — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
Yeah, the whole 'One Tree Hill' experience made me realize I wanna write, and produce, and direct as well as act. I'm… — Ashley Rickards Copy Share Image
“Yeah, I know what your English Professor tried to tell you. But if your English Professor could make a living writing fiction,… — Dean Wesley Smith Copy Share Image
I used to type, but now, typing or working with a computer, I get a stiff neck. So I prefer writing longhand. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
When I first started doing stand-up back in Philadelphia, the idea of being a professional writer was completely beyond me. It didn't… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
To me Art (poetry) is a continuous and continuing process and that when a man fails to write good poetry he fails… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
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“There are only three truths. That which can be known. That which can never be known. The third, which concerns the writer… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
I would love to hear someone write a song like 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' rather than 'You're hot. I'm hot. We're… — Vince Gill Copy Share Image
“You have the power to choose the words you write, so choose the right ones. And yes, this applies to the workplace… — Sudakshina Bhattacharjee Copy Share Image
The existence of the writer is an argument against the existence of the soul, for the soul has obviously taken flight from… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
I write, I teach, I direct. I sail around the world for Holland America two months out of every year doing a… — Troy Donahue Copy Share Image
You love writing; I hate it; and if I had a lover who expected a note from me every morning, I should… — Madame de La Fayette Copy Share Image
When it comes time to sit down and write the next book, you're deathly afraid that you're not up to the task.… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
I believe the personal is the collective. One of the ironies of writing memoir is in using the "I" it becomes an… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
I think I always wanna write comedy because that's what feels truest to me; it feels closest to life as I know… — Owen King Copy Share Image
I'm not too fond of the hard work and the constant battle with self-doubt that goes on when I write, but I… — Robert Sheckley Copy Share Image
When you have an idea for a story, you want those characters to reach as many people as you can. I think… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
Writers who aren't from rural states in the Midwest or the West often treat such people as if they were the Waltons… — Kent Haruf Copy Share Image
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