Usually, I have a lot of acquaintance with the story before I start writing it. When I didn't have regular time to… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“Let’s face it: suffering discredits goodness. I’m agnostic in practice though faith-based in theory. I used to pray but now know he’ll… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
I didn't write the memoir with any sort of intention of feeling better. I wrote the memoir because I had a weird… — Leigh Newman Copy Share Image
I listen to music when I write. I need the musical background. Classical music. I'm behind the times. I'm still with Baroque… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
If you look at any list of great modern writers such as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, you'll notice… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
A writer writes a book. People read it. You don't know what they're reading, really. You read a review and think, "That… — James Salter Copy Share Image
I realise that it is fashionable now to dismiss the traditional novel as something of an anachronism, but to me it is… — Paule Marshall Copy Share Image
I didn't marry. I didn't have children. I followed the food supply for jobs. I kept writing at night. And that kept… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
What does it mean when a man falls in love with a radiant face across the room? It may mean that he… — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
Sometimes I highjack memories. Sometimes I switch them around. Sometimes they're just in the background, like some little bass note. Those things… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
Much of my work has come from being lazy. I didn't like writing programs, and so, when I was working on the… — John Backus Copy Share Image
I was listening to this interview with fiction writer George Saunders the other day, and he said something about how the role… — John K. Samson Copy Share Image
I've been writing an ongoing letter to my children since they were born, full of recollections of their childhoods. I've filled two… — Tory Burch Copy Share Image
I'm more interested in moving toward writing stories - thinking about the graphic novel form, and just something more long-form. I did… — Chitra Ganesh Copy Share Image
I speak as an unregenerate reader, one who still believes that language and not technology is the true evolutionary miracle. I have… — Sven Birkerts Copy Share Image
“I’ve seen you, beauty, and you belong to me now, whoever you are waiting for and if I never see you again,… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
While every historical era has its unique appeal as a setting for tales of crime and detection, the 19th century is exceptional… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
Very few people can write in a crowd. This is a very solitary occupation. I have known people more talented than me… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
a novel is not born of a single idea. The stories I've tried to write from one idea, no matter how terrific… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
I don't practice, but I am still officially in paediatrics. I keep in touch with journals, and I have a very good… — Jonathan Kellerman Copy Share Image
A novel is a relationship, you know? When you read a book, the writer has done half the work, and you're doing… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
Whenever you're writing a book or creating a movie or a game, your first task is to get the reader/audience/player to suspend… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
One of the things that probably drew me to writing was that it was something you could get on with by yourself.… — Graham Swift Copy Share Image
Paul's the writer. Yeah, I wrote a little of that stuff, but that's just technically true. In spirit, and in essence of… — Art Garfunkel Copy Share Image
“In the end, without skill or talent, I've given myself over entirely to poetry. Po Chu-i labored at it until he nearly… — Matsuo Bashô Copy Share Image
This is going to sound nuts but it took me forever to figure out why I'd stopped writing poetry - I mean,… — Achy Obejas Copy Share Image
It's an interesting job, it's a fascinating job, I can't imagine anything that would have given me more satisfaction, and not everything… — Dennis O'Neil Copy Share Image
At the beginning of my career as a writer, I felt I knew nothing of Chinese culture. I was writing about emotional… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
My writing has to excite people and depict or include their experiences. That's part of my process - to go out and… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
A written word is the choicestof relics. It is something at once more intimate with us and more universal than any other… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
One of the less vaunted joys of Austen is that she is one of the greatest writers in the English language who… — Alessandra Stanley Copy Share Image
Why should I be polished and improved like goods for sale? I might not even want to marry! And besides, I have… — Juliet Marillier Copy Share Image
I don't write just to be clever. But sometimes I do. And if you don't have an understanding of the language, then… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I don't think that type should be expressive at all. I can write the word 'dog' with any typeface and it doesn't… — Massimo Vignelli Copy Share Image
I'm open to writing just about anything. I love writing the books that I write. They do tend to be on dark… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
The prime function of the children's book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
I found out I had a real love for comedy and comedy writing. The logic was, there weren't too many female comedians,… — Rita Rudner Copy Share Image
The thing that makes me want to write a piece of music is having something to talk about, you know? Something I… — Max Richter Copy Share Image
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I've worked for law firms, I've worked for corporations, and for the past 20 years, I've been writing working for myself, and… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
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