In real life, I'm not the center of attention; I'm in the back, and I listen. So when it comes to writing,… — Little Simz Copy Share Image
It seems that writing chose me. I feel that because I know history, and I know the history of so many cultures;… — Maxine Hong Kingston Copy Share Image
I tend to write about more than one generation because as a child I had contact with more than one generation; it… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
I began writing 'Amanda Wakes Up' in 2012 as an outlet for frustration over what I was seeing in TV 'news' at… — Alisyn Camerota Copy Share Image
Well, to aspiring writers, I would tell them that we live in a wonderful time where you're able to make your work… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
Writing about our mistakes turns the stupid stuff we've done and cringed over for years into a sort of do's-and-don'ts guide for… — Karen Kilgariff Copy Share Image
I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
The core of literature is the idea of tragedy... You don't really learn much from the good things that happen to you. — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
You write a book and it's like putting a message in a bottle and throwing it in the ocean. You don't know… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I guess when I first started writing music, I really had no idea if anyone was ever going to hear what I… — Tyler Joseph Copy Share Image
People try to apply directly results from the cognitive neurosciences directly to classroom practice and I have to tell you I am… — John Medina Copy Share Image
I went to film school so I have a writing and directing background, and I think a lot of the material I'm… — Danny McBride Copy Share Image
The lowest stress environment is the radio show. I am not on camera and I can let the music do the talking.… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“I feign knowledge of writing: that I know something about it, that I should have learned something after all these years, that… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
There is nothing more important than writing well for the young, if literature is to have a continuance ... They will inherit… — Jill Paton Walsh Copy Share Image
“How, then, to proceed? My method is: I imagine a meter mounted in my forehead, with “P” on this side (“Positive”) and… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I've always liked the classic "young adult" writers like Mark Twain, Jack London, Roald Dahl, Charles Dickens. They write so clearly, and… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
I've been a writer since I was a kid. I've been a writer since I was, you know, dictating stories into a… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
They need to have some kind of presence, they need to have star appeal. People need to like them. I am a… — Irv Gotti Copy Share Image
What is the best way to write? Each of us has to discover her own way by writing. Writing teaches writing. No… — Gail Sher Copy Share Image
It's amazing to me that people have any interest in such a low-level sex scandal. If I were sleeping with a congressman,… — Jessica Cutler Copy Share Image
A good day's writing, when I turn off my computer after I know that I've written okay, or as well as I… — James Lipton Copy Share Image
The only thing I've ever regretted is not writing more; not being more honest; not saying how it really is in Baghdad.… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
Even though my entire writing persona is prefaced on me not being an expert, I kind of am an expert. I know… — Jonathan Gold Copy Share Image
“Handling and use by able minds give value to a language, not so much by innovating as by filling it out with… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I began working quite young, writing, growing, maturing, always striving to top myself - to make people laugh hard at things they… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
But if writing about people who are not yourself is illegitimate, then the only legitimate work is autobiography; and as a reader… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent… — Samantha Morton Copy Share Image
I would have walked on the waterBut I wasn't fully insured.And the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper… — Adrian Mitchell Copy Share Image
I don't read a lot of inspirational books for life. But for writing, I think the two best books are The War… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I not only wanted to write when I was 7 and 8, but I sent stuff out when I was 7 and… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
I was also a good writer, by the way. My, you know, my English teacher and writing teacher loved my writing. You… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I would be too self-conscious if I just thought of writing lyrics for a song. I have to trick myself into doing… — Kim Gordon Copy Share Image
No one has something original or important to say will willing we run the risk of being misunderstood; people who write obscurely… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
I write what I like to write. Those who like to listen to it, listen to it. And the ones who don't,… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
Every morning, I go off to a small studio behind my house to write. I try to ignore all email and phone… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
It was always a false assumption that white American writers cannot write novels about race unless they're approaching it from a very… — Jess Row Copy Share Image
I was standing in the schoolyard waiting for a child when another mother came up to me. Have you found work yet?… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
I could never be a sports writer, unless my assignment was to write 'sports sports sports sports sports' for three pages. — Megan Boyle Copy Share Image
