There's a difference between doing memoir and writing a novel. If I had put the story of the boy killing my dog… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I struggle with confidence, every time. I’m never completely sure I can write another book. Maybe my scope is too grand, my… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Not all writers are artists. But all of us like the idea of somebody in the year 2283 blowing the dust off… — William Attwood Copy Share Image
Building upon the world we created with 'Avatar' has been a rare and incredibly rewarding experience. In writing the new films, I've… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Perhaps writers should never be allowed to get together in a workplace context. It's not like studying computer science, after all. The… — Graham Joyce Copy Share Image
Required to be constantly recumbent I write slowly and with difficulty… Weakened in body by infirmities and in mind by age, now… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Now that I'm in 'Nashville,' the thing that I'm loving the most is co-writing. You walk into the room and you shake… — Chip Esten Copy Share Image
I think all writers of my age who are brought up on films probably by the age of 16 have seen many… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
If you're rich, you can leave a library, a building, or a hospital wing. But writing leaves behind a visceral sense of… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
By the time I got to the hospital, I certainly realised that I had a problem because I couldn't write or print… — John Newcombe Copy Share Image
“Writing your book is not the end all of your strategy. It is a powerful catalyst that will push you to the… — Kytka Hilmar-Jezek Copy Share Image
This concept could easily have gone awry. Stories about love tend to go that way sometimes. They wander into the realm of… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Many fantasy novels - 'Lord of the Rings', for instance, or 'Lavondyss' by Robert Holdstock - are beautifully written. Geoff Ryman's 'The… — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
Freedom to speak and write about public questions is as important to the life of our government as is the heart to… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
I draw because words are too unpredictable. I draw because words are too limited. If you speak and write in English, or… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I could not do what I do without the kindness, consideration, resourcefulness and work of librarians, particularly in public libraries... What started… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
I didn't write professionally at first. It took me nine years to get anything published. At the beginning I mostly wrote picture… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
“Some of us, I imagine, write out of anger; some out of pain; some write out of prejudice or loss, some out… — R.J. Ellory Copy Share Image
The trouble today is that many Christians live in a kind of bubble of assumptions about what their Christianity means, especially if… — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share Image
It's a good tip for writers, that - write with an actor in mind. Even if you have no hope of getting… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Good ink, good parchment, precious time - and all for the sake of a mouse in a glove.” Cian Brydydd Mawr smiled… — Hugh Lupton Copy Share Image
I've never been intimidated to write music, to minister through leading worship, preaching or teaching, or even writing a book or acting.… — Ricardo Sanchez Copy Share Image
The preliminaries were out of the way, the creative process was about to begin. The creative process, that mystic life force, that… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“When I write fiction, I struggle to decide the fate of two people created by my mind and spend countless hours to… — Shahla Khan Copy Share Image
“For days and weeks on end one racks one's brains to no avail, and, if asked, one could not say whether one… — W.G. Sebald Copy Share Image
“It is absurd, Barthes says, to try to flee from language's assertive nature 'adding to each sentence some little phrase of uncertainty,… — Maggie Nelson Copy Share Image
While 'Twilight''s popularity was undeniable among both the teenagers they were aimed at and middle-aged women who flocked to the series in… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
Failure on the other hand is infectious. The world is full of charming failures (for all charming people have something to conceal,… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
I don't have any great first job tales: I've never worked on a tramp steamer or in a coal mine or anything… — Mary Gordon Copy Share Image
Wilson was once asked how long it took him to write a speech. He answered, 'That depends. If I am to speak… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are three distinct kind of judges upon all new authors or productions; the first are those who know no rules, but… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
My plan was always to leave school and live in a flat with some friends, have a 9 to 5 job, and… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
I've been writing all these books that have been largely autobiographical and yet, really, they don't tell you anything about me. I… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“Deadlines help me, but my muse hates them. My muse functions in fits and starts, and tends to take very long vacations.… — Alistair Cross Copy Share Image
If you want to be a rock star, you're not going to just walk on stage. You gotta go practice in the… — Robert Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. In protest, I declined election to the National Institute… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
I don't think anybody can teach anybody anything. I think that you learn it, but the young writer that is as I… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“As long as a match stays alight. As much as you have time to see in the room that flares and fizzles… — Dimitris Lyacos Copy Share Image
I write and sing about whatever I am able to understand and feel. I feel that it is healthier to look out… — Bill Withers Copy Share Image
I knew I just loved comedy, and I think it was my parents who initially brought up the notion of me trying… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
