I cannot pretend to drown myself in nothingness when in reality I feel every single fucking thing in my soul. Sure I… — Needa Muy Copy Share Image
My mother - my stepmother, really, she herself have been what they call an elocutionist. And she was the one who first… — Ruby Dee Copy Share Image
When I first started, I wrote some songs with Linda Perry. She's so instrumental in a lot of artist's lives, listening to… — Juliette Lewis Copy Share Image
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I like to take people you wouldn't really think people would write novels about: an aqueduct engineer, a code-breaker, a hedge-fund manager.… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
One of my big revelations was that nobody cares whether you write your novel or not. They want you to be happy.… — Sam Lipsyte Copy Share Image
There's always something new with sex. We lived in a world without Viagra, now we live in a world with Viagra. We… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
“To me reading is an almost sacred activity and the great novel is its high mass. The novel is so deeply powerful… — Gregory Day Copy Share Image
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Genres have a history and impose a historical character upon the writer. What is interesting in the poem involves a certain kind… — Vijay Seshadri Copy Share Image
I love short stories - reading and writing them. The best short stories distill all the potency of a novel into a… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
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The most important aspect of writing the pieces that make up this eighth book was yielding to my obsessive side, letting my… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
I don't have an audience in mind when I write. I'm writing mainly for myself. After a long devotion to playwriting I… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
I came out here to do the acting, and then after a year of auditions and not getting anything, I met these… — Malin Akerman Copy Share Image
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There is a prevailing school of thought that something good must take time, sometimes years to create and hone. I have always… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
In the reading and writing life, delight, for me, is where the mystery lies. Easy enough to figure out how scenes of… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
The benefit of writing a collection - as opposed to a novel - is that I'm able to have some version of… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
I slightly feel, having written Paraguay and Newfoundland - and both of them have developed eccentricities through isolation - I am quite… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
My writer friends, and they are legion, do not go around beaming with quiet feelings of contentment. Most of them go around… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
In terms of style, I think the memoirist should have a novelist's skill and all the elements of a novelist's toolbox. When… — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
It's sad when you can't make everyone happy, though. It's impossible but, at the same time, you still hope. You think, 'Maybe… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
Research is all well and good, but I definitely enjoy writing the most. I will happily sit at my computer and work… — Debra Hamel Copy Share Image
Writing itself is a dream. There are days of self doubt and deadlines and wondering how you're going to pay the bills… — Graham Brown Copy Share Image
Though it does seem like I have written an immense amount of work, over the years I have pushed the pause button.… — Denise Duhamel Copy Share Image
I stay away from the writing part because I think that if it sticks, it sticks. You just know it. The stuff… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
“Structure 19. You worried about structure when you came up with your story! If you did, I’m sorry. You missed some of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always liked elliptical writing, whether it's Kafka or Paula Fox, and I'm often bored by writers who explain too much. I… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
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There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do by their… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Writing is still a bit of a miracle - the whole process: I see the world, filter the world, write down abstract… — Rebecca Miller Copy Share Image
I think I'm a reporter's editor. Being a good reporter is a specific skill, one I admire and don't possess myself -… — Hanya Yanagihara Copy Share Image
While in the American academia the knowledge production on the Middle East in general and Syria in particular has been considerably transformed… — Ilan Pappe Copy Share Image
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I feel like I have more experience with publishing humor than pretty much any editor I'm going to be dealing with so… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Aaron is a very passionate, maniacal writer so the scripts really come from him, but he is very open to... y'know, we'll… — Bradley Whitford Copy Share Image
You most likely need a thesaurus, a rudimentary grammar book, and a grip on reality. This latter means: there's no free lunch.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
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