I wrote a great deal about the Civil Rights Movement when I was writing for 'The Nation' in the '60s, and also… — Dan Wakefield Copy Share Image
I prefer poems that occupy an imaginative sphere. When I lived in Cincinnati, I was occasionally referred to as an "Ohio Poet;"… — Cate Marvin Copy Share Image
Oh, I love labels, as long as they are numerous. I'm an American writer. I'm a Nigerian writer. I'm a Nigerian American… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
I love satire. Evelyn Waugh is one of my favorite writers of all time. He's hilarious. He's so wicked. He's so great.… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
I stop writing the poem to fold the clothes. No matter who lives or who dies, I'm still a woman. I'll always… — Tess Gallagher Copy Share Image
I want to be the apostle of self destruction. I want my book to affect man's reason, his emotions, his nerves, his… — Leonid Andreyev Copy Share Image
...a story should be like a roller coaster. That is to say before writing a really cruel scene, I have to lift… — Ryukishi07 Copy Share Image
I'm like the opposite of one of those comedians who's funny on stage and depressed behind closed doors . On record, I… — Adele Copy Share Image
“Whether you're an extra or the hero, this story is about to end. When it's done, whatever you want to be will… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
“But I tell you, nothing is pointless, and nothing is meaningless if the artist will face it. And it’s his business to… — Katherine Ann Porter Copy Share Image
I am just doing photo shoots. It's not something that extraordinary. I'm not a great artist, I'm not writing books, I'm not… — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
“I do not write about love as if I have invented it. I write about love because thoughts of you inspire self-forgetfulness.… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“You're writing, you're coasting, and you're thinking, 'This is the best thing I've ever written, and it's coming so easily, and these… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
If I haven't anything to write, I am just as anxious to 'take my pen in hand' as though I had a… — Kate Douglas Wiggin Copy Share Image
I love the resource of the Internet. I use it all the time. Anything I'm writing - for example, if I'm writing… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I can't make something 'useful' to me in a writing sense for a very long time. I don't have any journalistic instinct.… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
My grandfather was dying, and told the family he had decided to die. ... At that moment I wanted so badly to… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I don't want to write poems that are just really clear about how I'm aware of all the traps involved in writing… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
While people are fairly young and the musical composition of their lives is still in its opening bars, they can go about… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Writing a balanced, beautiful novel, where plot and character and setting and pacing and narrative structure and imagery and, above all, story… — Nicola Griffith Copy Share Image
I think the best mood for writing is a heavy feeling that's a little bit removed from you. Sometimes I feel very… — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
I knew [Eva Braun] wrote to [Adolf Hitler], I would see her writing to him and I would see her reading his… — Gretl Braun Copy Share Image
You'll never make your mark as a writer unless you develop a respect for words and a curiosity about their shades of… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Spread the glad tidings that it will not disappoint Miss Heyer's many admirers. Judging from the letters I've received from obviously feeble-minded… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, many people suffer from BPS - Blank Page Syndrome. Let's face it: starting to write is scary. Seeing the cursor blinking… — Stefanie Weisman Copy Share Image
“It was full of wounding remarks rather brilliantly said, perhaps said for the sheer virtuosity of giving pain neatly. Each of its… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
“I know now that the poem in my head, the one that pushed me to the page, begged me - or dared… — Juan-Paolo Perre Copy Share Image
“Organic growth is a cyclical process; it is just as true to say that the oak is a potential acorn as it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just as in writing, there are novelistic and sort of pedestrian ways of telling a story, to write a postcard with your… — Jonas Mekas Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
If you loved everything you were writing, you would be deluding yourself or a complete and absolute narcissist. It's not about liking… — Brian Michael Bendis Copy Share Image
I've been spending quite a bit of time writing, acting, and making films. Because I'm doing all this extra writing, acting, and… — John Morrison Copy Share Image
“A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn't telling, or teaching, or ordering.… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
When I got out of the Army, I started writing the usual 'Catcher in the Rye' imitations, and then I wrote something… — Robert Downey Sr Copy Share Image
No woman will ever satisfy me. I know that now, and I would never try to deny it. But this is actually… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“I believe it’s incredibly important to write against [racial] stereotypes. If we give in and make sure that all black women characters… — Justine Larbalestier Copy Share Image
“Working alone definitely has its advantages. There was no need for second-guessing decisions or discussions on how to work more efficiently. When… — Justine Castellon Copy Share Image
“Good readers may struggle with a difficult text, but struggle is not the goal of reading. The goal is fluency. Meaning flows… — Roy Peter Clark Copy Share Image
After you publish a book, you become a writer and you're supposed to take it very seriously. You're supposed to show up… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
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