There are only two kinds of stories in the world: those about which I do not care to write as many as… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
“...and yet the idea is hard to accept, it's so hard to succeed in making something happen, even what's been decided on… — Javier Marias Franco Copy Share Image
This doctrine of Christ and of the apostles, from which the true faith of the primitive church was received, the apostles at… — Martin Chemnitz Copy Share Image
Writing the songs at the cabin, I couldn't help but be drawn to the boom-chicka rhythms as much as I tried to… — Dale Watson Copy Share Image
“If the passage absolutely demands cursing, be moderate. A little of it goes a long way. I've seen beginning writers pepper curse… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
“To all those whom seek the iron words of the community: if your book is good, it will stand on its own.… — L'Poni Baldwin Copy Share Image
Joyce's writing in Dubliners contains some of the most unshowily beautiful sentences in the English language. I learned from him that if… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
There are certain functions that a writer has to do. In a time of crisis, it is great to have heroic poems,… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
I cherish the review-as-literature; as lapidary journalism in the eighteenth-century mode, the last hard sparkling diamond in theessayists's tarnished crown. To me,… — Florence King Copy Share Image
What you create when you're teaching fiction writing is a kind of literary salon, not a social club or a mutual admiration… — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
I thought one way to try to hold on to the power was to write the script myself. That way, I could… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Journalism taught me how to write a sentence that would make someone want to read the next one. You are trained to… — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
“The important papers the Founders left us were the most significant writings in recorded history after the Holy Books, a magic trek… — George Sorbane Copy Share Image
We are probably the most frustrating band to soundcheck because we always go off on jams and our sound-man is sitting there… — Theresa Wayman Copy Share Image
Developing projects of my own and producing and writing and directing is something that's very interesting to me, but you know, one… — Tye Sheridan Copy Share Image
One of the cardinal sins in our country is profanity -- the taking of the name of the Lord in vain. Reverence… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
I seem to have come out of the womb with existential angst and wasn't a happy kid, so I've been on a… — Marci Shimoff Copy Share Image
Life is precious, so I ought to spend my days, you know, making sandwiches for homeless people and tending to the elderly… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“For a writer, it seems a help rather than a hindrance to be at least a little crazy. Who but a crazy… — Leland Dirks Copy Share Image
Directing's the best part. Whenever I've directed something, there's this feeling of demand and focus that I like. And secondly, it means… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
For me, writing time has always been precious, something I wait for and am eager for and make the best use of.… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“The thing you don't realize, my dear girl, is that I have been forced by the economic realities to start taking publishing… — Jack McClelland Copy Share Image
When it became easy enough to do dairy online, then I just thought, "Oh, I'll start doing this. I'll put the parts… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I would rather not write if I'm depressed, or am going through a breakup, or I've had some disappointment, or I'm having… — Mandy Stadtmiller Copy Share Image
After I won the Pulitzer, there was this sense of, 'OK, that's enough for you. Now go away.' What I wanted was… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
It's hard to get a start as an instrumental guitar player. It's a much quicker route to be in a band, so… — Nita Strauss Copy Share Image
For many years, I did pantomime with Marcel Marceau. I was a writer for him and got to know very well how… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
I realize that some of you may have come in hopes of hearing tips on how to become a professional writer. I… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
It's interesting how many science fiction writers get going when they are very young. I was on a program with Greg Bear… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
I think our songwriting has evolved. We can show that we have continued to branch out and do different stuff and incorporate… — John Bush Copy Share Image
I tried a couple of pop writers - none of the big, big, big ones - but it didn't work for me.… — Jessie Ware Copy Share Image
Heather A. Slomski's stories are downright addictive. I kept promising myself to turn off the light after just one more, and then… — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Copy Share Image
When I worked in theater, I was always writing things on Post-it Notes and sticking them on screens or desks. Twitter has… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
“next week we have a bunch of horror writers coming from all over the world. That'll be one whole week, fully catered,… — Richard Laymon Copy Share Image
I've never had a mentor personally of any kind. It feels like, generally, in the writing world or the art world, it's… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
If you record the world honestly, there's no way people can stop being funny. A lot of fiction writing doesn't get that… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
One problem with writing on the computer, as I do, is that the page is never really 'blank." It is backed by… — Dan Chiasson Copy Share Image
Writers are first and foremost observers. We lose ourselves in the watching and then the telling of the world we find. Often… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
Few persons can be made to believe that it is not quite an easy thing to invent a method of secret writing… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
What you write should entertain you and serve you first. Don't worry about maintaining anything beyond your own attention. Focus on exorcising… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
