I've always been making stuff. I had a very free upbringing, and very encouraging parents. I just found that it was a… — Ida Maria Copy Share Image
I haven't found a drug yet that can get you anywhere near as high as a sitting at a desk writing, trying… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
My advice for finding a literary agent would be first, put your work out there as much as possible and hopefully someone… — Sarah Cooper Copy Share Image
Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your own family to read. You wouldn't tell lies to your own wife. Don't… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
“Is it possible that the Pentateuch could not have been written by uninspired men? that the assistance of God was necessary to… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
One is that I'm really interested in movies about sex and lust, because I think those are primal, carnal instincts that translate… — Liz W. Garcia Copy Share Image
I have this rule: It's like, if you write an amazing, cool song that you mean and then you go put your… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
“Many times when I read a book, I want to savor each word, each phrase, each page, loving the prose so much,… — Lisa Schroeder Copy Share Image
My father taught me to love detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler. When I decided to have a hard-boiled detective series… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
I've never written anything before in my entire life, but I have read many comics, so I just wrote what I would… — Iman Vellani Copy Share Image
“I’m writing a book, one letter at a time. After thirteen days, I just finished writing “Once upon a time.” Since it’s… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
For me, writing is really an agony. I feel as if I have a huge, luminous idea that has the potential to… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
It was my very good fortune to find a mentor, Clay Felker, who started my career at the 'New York Magazine' as… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
I think reading is a gift. It was a gift that was given to me as a child by many people, and… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
I don't want to name names because they'd be mad at me if I did, but people who are significant novelists can't… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
Don't forget that Mozart worked on commission. He almost always would write something if he knew exactly who was paying for it… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
...We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“To the people who insist they really do have a great idea but they just can't write, I'd say that given some… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
Every man who speaks out loud and clear is tinting the "Zeitgeist." Every man who expresses what he honestly thinks is true… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Naturally my stories are about women - I'm a woman. I don't know what the term is for men who write mostly… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality. That's why writing… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I think as he gets older, Quentin [Tarantino] is growing more and more into his directorial side, but the writer in him… — Bun B Copy Share Image
I actually think it's helped me as a writer to have to act. It's only when you actually start putting yourself out… — Mike White Copy Share Image
I became a writer through drawing first and then a comic book obsession - Marvel Comics, in particular. I invented a world… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
The testimony of every scientist is that the frontiers that are opening out ahead of us now are far wider and more… — Eric Johnston Copy Share Image
I believe the time will come when the whole definition of pop music will change. It will get to the point where… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
“Sensory experience should not be draped on top of the story as sort of a last-minute decoration. Done right, it is woven… — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
“I think it's incomparably sweet when someone writes something for you.. even if it doesn't rhyme or even if it isn't very… — Sanhita Baruah Copy Share Image
I have never considered myself a writer in exile because I grew up outside of my own country, because my father was… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
[Writing is like fishing]. You don't bow because you made the fish. That's the difference. If you know that, then you bow… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
8th grade I started writing my own songs. They weren't good songs or anything, but it was always the song writing aspect… — William Clark Green Copy Share Image
I remember one letter from a girl in a midwestern town who read one of my books and thought she had discovered… — J. P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
Even if great poetry continues to be written, it has retreated from the center of literary life. Though supported by a loyal… — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
Any time I put together a story collection, I don't know what it's going to look like overall - or even what… — Brian Evenson Copy Share Image
“Writing time is for writing, not for checking e-mail, reading the news, or browsing the latest issues of journals. Sometimes I think… — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
I figured I’d probably write 50 scripts in my life. Out of those 50, I figured maybe five would be produced, and… — Michael Arndt Copy Share Image
Every good writer I know needs to go into some deep, quiet place to do work that is fully imagined. And what… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
In a democracy in the 20th and 21st century, if you can't base your fiction upon ordinary people and the issues that… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Our popular economics writers, however, are not in the business of giving their readers a ringside seat on the research action; with… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
When I first told people I was writing a book, some would say that was interesting, but others thought it was some… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
![“I haven't found a drug yet that can get you anywhere near as high as a sitting at a desk writing, trying to imagine a story no matter how bizarre it is, [or] going out and getting into the weirdness of reality and doing a little time on the Proud Highway.” quote by Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/79f/hunter-s-thompson-278_bizarre_i-haven-t-found-a-drug-yet-that-can-get_1679668.jpg)
![“I think as he gets older, Quentin [Tarantino] is growing more and more into his directorial side, but the writer in him won't stop the pen. I don't think he deserved a directing nod. Like I said, it's beautifully shot - it's cinematography, obviously, deserves a nomination - but he's not the…” quote by Bun B](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/ad5/bun-b-10711_cameras_i-think-as-he-gets-older-quentin-taranti_1299082.jpg)
![“[Writing is like fishing]. You don't bow because you made the fish. That's the difference. If you know that, then you bow for your labor.You crafted, you worked, you put in those hours so that you could catch that fish. But you didn't make that fish. You just caught the fish. That will help you…” quote by Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/435/sandra-cisneros-862_bows_writing-is-like-fishing-you-don-t-bow-be_3194134.jpg)
![“I figured I’d probably write 50 scripts in my life. Out of those 50, I figured maybe five would be produced, and that maybe one or two would be successful. So I always kind of expected I’d write at least one successful film in my life. [...] The way it all came together was kind of like Murphy's…” quote by Michael Arndt](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/c3d/michael-arndt-21037_being-successful_i-figured-i-d-probably-write-50-scripts_981319.jpg)
