My favorite song to write was a song called "Always" I wrote it about a girl who, at the time, I had… — Riker Lynch Copy Share Image
At the emergence of the modern novel with Rabelais and Cervantes, all kinds of things were possible in a long-form prose work.… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
I do not regard advertising as entertainment or an art form, but as a medium of information. When I write an advertisement,… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
I think someday you're going to be a great writer," he said. "But" he added maliciously, "first you'll have to suffer a… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Writers are voracious readers. Once I unlocked the mystery of the alphabet that led to words, a multitude of words connecting me… — Gloria Naylor Copy Share Image
I certainly didn't say while writing 'Gossip Girl,' 'Oh this is going to be big!' It was really like, 'Oh god, everyone's… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
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When interviewing for a job, tell the editor how you love to report. How your passion is gathering information. Do not mention… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
When I first started writing songs and being very explicit, it was hard, but one of the main things people respond to… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
I am only a little pencil in the hand of our Lord. He may cut or sharpen the pencil. He may write… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
By writing a horror novel where this inexplicable disorder takes over in our ordered lives, you make order look better by comparison.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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Indeed a good quotation hardly ever comes amiss. It is a pleasing break in the thread of a speech or writing, allowing… — William Francis Henry King Copy Share Image
Why are you uncomfortable with the supernaturalist worldview of the biblical writers? Evangelicals don't want to just say, "Well, the inspired writers… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
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I have more questions than answers in this world as do most poets and writers. The field of memory we exist in… — Joy Harjo Copy Share Image
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In the deepest hour of the night I confess to myself three things; I would die if I was forbidden to write,… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
I think I write or publish as much as I do because I can bear being without a book to work on.… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
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A poet could write volumes about diners, because they're so beautiful. They're brightly lit, with chrome and booths and Naugahyde and great… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I don't write fiction but I do write narrative; I write memoirs that I treat like stories, so whenever I'm using somebody… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
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I'd always hoped to write the story as a novel, but there was a long period when the [Bridget Jones's Baby: The… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
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I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the only true one, a great writer does… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
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All the youth now in England of free men, who are rich enough to be able to devote themselves to it, be… — Alfred the Great Copy Share Image
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