I read somewhere that writers, as they get older, become more and more perfectionist. Which may be because they think more highly… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
“For Indians there has never been a clear line between prose and poetry. When an Indian studying in New Mexico was praised… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
If people only knew what lies at the heart of my novels! What a tumult of desires these carefully written pages conceal!… — Julien Green Copy Share Image
What happens is, you write a spec, people get it, they see your writing, they see you're good, they bring you into… — Robert Ben Garant Copy Share Image
With the help of pressure groups, government now has crossed over into the final frontier of bigotry, what writer and Catholic theologian… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
Am I missing something because of my lack of education? Being an intellectual - I'm not. So I hire him as a… — Lawrence Schiller Copy Share Image
I'm kind of at the mercy of writers out there. I need a writer out there who wants to write a vehicle… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties. He must… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
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At difficult times of my life, books have been an incredible comfort. When I was 12, I changed schools and my parents… — Elliot Perlman Copy Share Image
“Before you deride the “mainstream media,” note that it is no longer the mainstream. It is derision that is mainstream and easy,… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
I am and will always be a HUGE Star Wars Geek and wanted to study film making. I really am not a… — Holly Golightly Copy Share Image
Autobiography is not important. Authenticity is important. The writer must fire herself through the text, be the molten stuff that welds together… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I wrote my first play at the age of 10, 55 years ago, and I've always found it a fantastic relief to… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
And I didn't grow up wanting to be a director. I grew up wanting to be a writer, so for me, that… — David Benioff Copy Share Image
The role of the writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say. Most… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Writers spend too much time among dead things. I thought that was profound and actually true, that you're trying to pump life… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
I find that, for me, it is this concept of borrowed or built life, life on loan, that gets me writing. It's… — Sergio Chejfec Copy Share Image
I think you get most of the most interesting work done in fields where people don't think they're doing art but are… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Not so much that I wanted to give up rock writing, but I also wanted to try something new. So I moved… — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share Image
I had no natural gift to be anything - not an athlete, not an actor, not a writer, not a director, a… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to. Stay home on New Year's Eve… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“I write well-fleshed out characters, and inevitably, more ideas spring from my subconscious. They all have a little bit of me in… — Faye Kellerman Copy Share Image
“Quite a number of writers comment on the decidedly human character of the fairies, but it must be obvious that practically all… — Lewis Spence Copy Share Image
I think anyone who's not as good a writer as me is absolutely a hack, and I think anybody who's a slightly… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Everybody dreams about writing one of those songs. I've had a lot of songs I'm proud of. A lot of them. But… — Everlast Copy Share Image
“No writing is effortless. I’m not saying you can’t have a good day where the words just kind of flow, but even… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
I was writing a film criticism book on Sergio Corbucci, the director who did the original Django. So, I was kind of… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
It's not nuclear physics. You always remember that. But if you write about sports long enough, you're constantly coming back to the… — Tom Callahan Copy Share Image
Although I'm very lazy when it comes to writing, I'm not that lazy when it comes to thinking. I like to develop… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The history of a city was like the history of a family—there is closeness and even affection, but death eventually separates everyone… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Writing is an act of love. If it is not it is only handwriting. It consists in obeying the driving force of… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
The thing is - do we really need another writer who writes a book every eighteen months, whether the quality is wonderful… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
If you like 'The Nature of Things,' or if you like 'Quirks and Quarks' you'll certainly like Lee Smolin's writing, and 'Time… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Questioning my spiritual life has always been germane to what I was writing. Always. It's because I'm not quite an atheist and… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
There is no substitute for practical experience, and if you want to write about people you ought to put down that comic… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
Ultimately, any character you write - no matter how fantastic or alien - is an extension of yourself. When our characters reflect… — J. M. DeMatteis Copy Share Image
An Islamic writer recalls her joy in the clothes she wore as a young girl at a wedding: They were always in… — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed Copy Share Image
We all stood and gathered our backpacks and I looked at the floor around my chair to make sure I hadn’t dropped… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
“Once the writers of the Common Core arrived at what standards they concluded were needed to graduate from high school – and… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
