I've been on the Web from the beginning of the Web. The good part about writing about technology is that you never… — Walt Mossberg Copy Share Image
If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Safety lies in catering to the in-group. We are not all brave. All I would ask of writers who find it hard… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme, and… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
Writing plays supplied for me everything that painting didn't, which is the ability to tell stories in real time, in a real… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
It’s the opening of Manderlay in Cannes, and I’m sitting next to this guy who’s writing for a tiny fictitious French paper… — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
Because I write the screenplay entirely and precisely, there is the danger that an actor might feel that this finite role is… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
How long do we have to deal with conservative failure? How long? Thirty years is not enough? So I would say enough… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
“Polly finished her huge narrative during the summer term. The day after she had finished it, she went round with the oddest… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
People who take books on sex to bed become frigid. You get self-conscious. You can't think a story. You can't think, "I… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“I think most writers … write about episodes meaningful to them in terms of their own imaginations. Now that would include a… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“To the right of the speakwrite, a small pneumatic tube for written messages; to the left, a larger one for newspapers; and… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
One of the great lessons I learned about historical fiction from writing 'Loving Frank' is that you don't try to disguise what… — Nancy Horan Copy Share Image
One can feel the immense joy of Amy Hill Hearth's engagement in her first novel. It radiates through every scene and through… — Philip K. Jason Copy Share Image
I think that if you listen to the same exact genre of music that you play, it is so easy to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You never know what will spark a student's interest and feed the flame of learning. For me, all subjects are connected: writing,… — Elizabeth Rusch Copy Share Image
That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles. That… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Well it was sent to me, well because almost everything that is written in Baltimore is sent to me. And David Simon,… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
“And more even than the painter, the writer, in order to achieve volume and substance, in order to attain to generality and,… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
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The literary world is made up of little confederacies, each looking upon its own members as the lights of the universe; and… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
As an activist, you do find yourself directed more toward public action. But I've always tried to use stories from my own… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
It smells terrible in here.' Well, what do you expect? The human body, when confined, produces certain odors which we tend to… — John Kennedy Toole Copy Share Image
When the climbers in 1953 planted their flags on the highest mountain, they set them in snow over the skeletons of creatures… — John McPhee Copy Share Image
After the success of 'August,' there were people saying I should change my life. And maybe I should have bought a yacht… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
Plot springs from character... I've always sort of believed that these people inside me- these characters- know who they are and what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm a physicist and computer scientist by training. I worked in high tech for thirty years as everything from engineer to senior… — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
Nazi Literature in the Americas, a wicked invented encyclopedia of imaginary fascist writers and literary tastemakers, is Bolaño playing with sharp, twisting… — Stacey D'Erasmo Copy Share Image
At best, the relationship between drama critic and playwright is a pretty twiggy affair. When I'm asked whom I write for, after… — Lanford Wilson Copy Share Image
Usually the casting process is lengthy and humiliating, but in this instance, The Ghost Writer, it was just too easy. I was… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
Why do I write? I write because I have to, because it is all I know, because it is my truth, because… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's pretty interesting how it all started out. After The Voice, I got introduced to some of my publishing people. We were… — Curtis Grimes Copy Share Image
“When I have a chapter finished, I jot down who the viewpoint characters are, what they are wearing, what happened in the… — Dean Wesley Smith Copy Share Image
Wild, dark times are rumbling toward us, and the prophet who wishes to write a new apocalypse will have to invent entirely… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
“Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear. It doesn't matter… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
“My mother, who is a pianist and a fine artist, purchased a piano for me. Twice. This was back when I was… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
I write a lot of my best music in the car, like late night. Three, four in the morning. I'm in the… — Kevin Gates Copy Share Image
I just want to touch something deep in the heart of humanity. I don't know if that's in movies, producing films, or… — Nicole Ari Parker Copy Share Image
“Read good writing, and don’t live in the present. Live in the deep past, with the language of the Koran or the… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
The text you write must prove to me that it desires me. This proof exists: it is writing. Writing is: the science… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
