“A producer is a man with a dream. I say, ‘I don’t write, I don’t direct, I don’t act, I don’t compose… — Larry Truman Copy Share Image
I write as someone who has no more time for repressive Islam than he does for repressive Christianity or Judaism, but at… — Will Self Copy Share Image
There are some works which the authors must consign unpublished to posterity, however uncertain be the event, however hopeless be the trust.… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“I'm a writer and I'm feeling like death, as you would too if you'd just flown into Grand Rapids, Michigan at some… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
In high school, I went to a place called the Mountain School. It's on a farm in Vermont, and I read Emerson… — Nick Kroll Copy Share Image
Who dreamt and made incarnate gaps in Time & Space through images juxtaposed, and trapped the archangel of the soul between 2… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
A man who leaves memoirs, whether well or badly written, provided they be sincere, renders a service to future psychologists and writers,… — Henryk Sienkiewicz Copy Share Image
“Poetry has a long, long memory. After our love is long gone, we will still be reading your poems. You will not… — Jeanette LeBlanc Copy Share Image
From the writer's point of view, critics should be ignored, although it's hard not to do what they suggest. I think it's… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“Surely I write not for the hopeful young, Or those who deem their happiness of worth, Or such as pasture and grow… — James Thomson Copy Share Image
Creatures are cups. The sciences and the arts and all branches of knowledge are inscriptions around the outside of the cups. When… — Rumi Copy Share Image
I'm not against sentimentality. I think you need it. I mean, I don't think you get a true picture of people without… — Nelson Algren Copy Share Image
I used to be the guy who wanted to do everything myself, wanted to write and play everything myself, but the older… — Piggy D Copy Share Image
I had many reasons for writing this book but among them was the hope that every Latino child and adult would find… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
When I'm feeling frustrated with a story, I have faith that it's going to come. Also, when I first started writing, I… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I have always been a letter writer, and I found when my numbers got over half a million, I couldn't think about… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
“Many new writers make the mistake of presenting secondary, even irrelevant characters at the start of their stories in an attempt to… — Rob Parnell Copy Share Image
Actually, I was writing as I was acting - it was kind of simultaneous. I wrote on 'E20', which started this whole… — Emer Kenny Copy Share Image
There are parts in albums where I wrote a lot of the lyrics. There are parts on albums where Steve wrote a… — Chad Gilbert Copy Share Image
It's easier to greenlight your own films when you're not surrounded by other people aspiring to make films. You have to work… — Matthew Porterfield Copy Share Image
As far as my creative urge is concerned, I do sit down and write my own music...I'll tell you a writer who… — Boudleaux Bryant Copy Share Image
I think I sit down to the typewriter when it's time to sit down to the typewriter. That isn't to suggest that… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
Every kid in every school no matter their background, deserves to learn the basics about food - where it comes from, how… — Jamie Oliver Copy Share Image
Because [writers] Dan Weiss and David Benioff have done such a great job in adapting them, that's what we work with. It… — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
“How should I write this? In third person so it becomes just a story? In second so that you can pretend you… — Jo Treggiari Copy Share Image
It's fun when the writers start writing jokes to you, but also it's fun when the writers will come to you and… — David Alan Basche Copy Share Image
I think I've never left my house to take a plane without writing my will. There must be about 30 wills in… — Sophie Calle Copy Share Image
I think it was W.H. Auden who said he was lucky that his first favorite poet was Thomas Hardy, who was a… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
I wanted to be involved with the making of some kind of parallel world. I thought, there's no reason to go to… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
Music is all about seduction, so it's an ongoing flirtation, but watching anyone do what they are talented at is totally intoxicating.… — Ophira Eisenberg Copy Share Image
If you haven't taken a writing class, take a writing class. I took every class that was available in my area. I… — Kimberly Willis Holt Copy Share Image
One of the greatest things about 'Continuum' is how great the writing is; our writing room is one of the most talented… — Richard Harmon Copy Share Image
None of our political writers . . . take notice of any more than three estates, namely, Kings, Lords and Commons .… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
All I can guess is that when I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
Musicians, actors, writers - we're all neurotic, odd people who've lucked into accidental careers. So I just don't like being around public… — Moby Copy Share Image
Writers tend to think they occupy a much more relevant place in society than we actually do. But we really are closer… — Valeria Luiselli Copy Share Image
I wrote about the life of a housing officer in Britain, in a pretty rough area of London. Maybe it was because… — Ben Richards Copy Share Image
I actually had a week where I literally wrote four songs and all of them are on my album. But sometimes you'll… — Laura Bell Bundy Copy Share Image
The very term "turning pages" suggests nonstop action. But I am all about character and beautiful writing. I eat that up like… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
“St. John of the Cross, writing of the "intuitions" by which God reaches the soul, says: {147} "They enrich us marvellously. A… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image