“What kind of thing is the religion those writings describe? The first difficulty before the enquirer is that the writings do not… — Philip Hughes Copy Share Image
The problems you have as a novelist tend to have to do with making a living and trying to find ways to… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Once I had started, I discovered the secret pleasure of writing a novel. It's such an immersive, deep commitment. With short stories,… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
The writing is - I'm free from pain. It's the place where I live; it's where I have control; it's where nobody… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I don't think Donald Barthelme would have minded being called a confusing writer. Confusion was a favorite subject for him in his… — Joanna Scott Copy Share Image
I admire writers who have the tenacity to write a blog, and I'm told by everyone that it's an important element in… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
If my public existence does anything worthwhile, hopefully it at least demystifies the author a bit, because I know when I was… — John Green Copy Share Image
I will say you could always look at 'Looney Tunes' and learn about writing. I think you can learn a lot about… — Jim Rash Copy Share Image
People have an affinity towards things, and you don't know where it comes from. Mozart wrote a symphony when he was four,… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
The danger of writing a so-called thriller is that in your last 100 pages, all of these really interesting characters you've created… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
I seem most instinctively to believe in the human value of creative writing, whether in the form of verse or fiction, as… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I've run into more than anything is people who have a belief that they know who you are. Type-casting happens because people… — Chris Carmack Copy Share Image
That is what diminishes the artist and his song. The artist is now hermetically sealed. The publishing company got him his deal… — Michael Kosser Copy Share Image
IU and I hosted a music program together, and she had told me that she would be writing a song for me.… — Sulli Copy Share Image
Find what gave you emotion; what the action was that gave you excitement. Then write it down making it clear so that… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I always had the urge to write. Not in the sense of wanting to be a writer, but just writing things down,… — Maggie O'Farrell Copy Share Image
Often when people are claiming that they are not creative, they mean that they are not artists, writers, athletes, or any other… — Michael Ray Copy Share Image
Most people don't know me, that is why they write such things in which most is not true. I cry very very… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
What I really enjoy about writing for orchestras is realizing that - and it's kind of self-evident - but the fact that… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
A young pianist & composer who has demonstrated an exceptional creativity, in both his playing & his writing, as well as showing… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
“To the enormous majority of persons who risk themselves in literature, not even the smallest measure of success can fall. They had… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Academic writers are bad writers for three reasons. First, they want to sound smart. “If the water is dark,” goes a German… — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that you might create any sort of character in a novel and there would be at least one… — Sōseki Natsume Copy Share Image
I source images and ideas from different parts of my experiences, and sometimes they are things that are made-up, or just appear… — Julia Stone Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a musician. I just wanted to be famous because I wanted to escape from what I felt was… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
One of my main wishes in wanting to write about my mother was to explore the impact of her death on my… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
I've written tons of scripts, and when I wrote 'The New Girl in Town,' I read it to my parents, and they… — Emma Kenney Copy Share Image
I did get tired of hearing that criticism years ago. That is not a compliment. Being labeled a "beach read" is a… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
“I remember when I first began writing, I would spend maybe five or six hours on perhaps two paragraphs, and at the… — Julie Tetel Andresen Copy Share Image
I love those moments on stage, on screen and in life when you dispense with language, when you sort of transcend it… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a collaborating task. The tendency of the writer-editor… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
“I think “taste” is a social concept and not an artistic one. I’m willing to show good taste, if I can, in… — John Updike Copy Share Image
How on earth could that be done? If you try to laugh and say 'No' at the same time, it sounds like… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
Writer's block is a natural affliction. Writers who have never experienced it have something wrong with them. It means there isn't enough… — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
I write totally spontaneously. I actually write fiction by hand - that always seems to startle people. I think the reason I… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
This never happens, but I was writing with my friend Ryan Hurd and Eric Arjes, and we wrote this song called 'Last… — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
There's a lot to be said for women who want to focus primarily on acting. Other women, on the other hand, aspire… — Danielle Campbell Copy Share Image
I have always discouraged young writers from self-publishing, by which I mean going to a vanity publisher and spending your hard earned… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
“I found out after reading quite a lot of it that it is not rated very high. He has a very descriptive… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
It wasn't until I was 23 and got married to a guy who was really bookish that I got completely hooked on… — Lisa Jewell Copy Share Image
