Even if a poet writes about sitting in a glass house drinking tea, it reflects politics. — Yehuda Amichai Copy Share Image
Take heed to this, I can inspire you with my writings because I've been through a lot. — Frank Matobo Copy Share Image
Are there any writers on the literary scene whom I consider truly great? Yes: Truman Capote. — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
There is in writing the constant joy of sudden discovery, of happy accident. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always enjoyed writing, I graduated with a degree in English; I've done bits of journalism — Michael York Copy Share Image
Poets have to keep pushing, pushing, against the darkness, and write their way out of it as well. — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
I like to compare my method with that of painters centuries ago, proceeding from layer to layer. — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
After graduating from University, I began directing in theatre too, and I've been directing, writing and acting ever since, which has allowed… — Pollyanna McIntosh Copy Share Image
“You—and I’ll venture every third writer in Europe nowadays—fancies himself a poet, when all you’re doing is building little towers of words… — Therese Anne Fowler Copy Share Image
The lad who dreams of being a boxing champion or an admiral chooses reality. If the writer chooses the imaginary, he confuses… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“Well, if you want to be a writer, you’re going to have to start letting people read your stuff, you know.” — Kellie McAllen Copy Share Image
Because there are hundreds of different ways to say one thing, I, being a writer, songwriter, and poet, speak childishly and incoherently.… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
If you're a writer, you just keep following the path - keep going deeper and deeper into the things that interest you. — Caitlin Flanagan Copy Share Image
If something is being written about a lot, there's a conversation there; there's a dialogue there. There's probably a reason for it… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
I came to realize that far more important to me than any plot or conventional sense was the sheer directionality I felt… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
Keep it simple. Trust your imagination. Discover what is unique about your imagination. Don't simply read a story and copy it. I… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
“The whole world can be divided into those who write and those who do not write. Those who write represent despair, and… — Søren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“No one has expressed it better than a great novelist I heard once on a talk show who said something like "You… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The thing I always say to any writer that I'm working with is: Just make sure that in any argument, EVERYONE is… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
When I originally wrote "Jealousy," it was more like an exercise to try to write a girl-group kind of pop song. It… — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
“I have never experienced writers block and I've written every day since June 1972. But I have experienced the need to get… — Jan Marquart Copy Share Image
When it is going well, it is the best job [writing] in the world. For those few hours, you are god, in… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
“I try to write the books I would love to come upon, that are honest, concerned with real lives, human hearts, spiritual… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
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