If you want to be a writer, write. Write and write and write. If you stop, start again. Save everything that you… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Books were always important. I have to thank my father, he filled my life with books. He didn't write but he always… — Rawi Hage Copy Share Image
as a writer you are free. You are about the freest person that ever was. Your freedom is what you have bought… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“People have many cruel expectations from writers. People expect novelists to live on a hill with three kids and a spouse, people… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Well, I've always been a character actor, you know, and you always get your share of character actors who are bad guys.… — Colm Meaney Copy Share Image
The writer's job, after all, is not to dictate meaning, but to give the reader enough pieces to create his or her… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
When I start writing, the first line might come from reality, but the second and the third one, I have to write… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
There is a force of exultation, a celebration of luck, when a writer finds himself a witness to the early morning of… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
When you make a melody that doesn't come with words from the get-go, sometimes you're just thinking about random vowel sounds that… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
When a writer receives praise or blame, when he arouses sympathy or is ridiculed, when he is loved or rejected, it is… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Really good writing, from my perspective, runs a lot like a visual on the screen. You need to create that kind of… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
I'll have periods when I write and periods when I don't. But you don't want it to become a discipline, really. If… — Greg Lake Copy Share Image
Wherefore should I not offer my congratulations? But the very fact of them being Sayyids, those fountains of felicity, demands heartly exertions… — Aurangzeb Copy Share Image
Question the Chestnuts. Chestnuts: the new name for boobs? No. NO. Why would you even say that? Get your mind out of… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
I really love MFK Fisher's food writing, and obviously Anthony Bourdain's food writing is exceptional, in particular 'A Cook's Tour'. I really… — Michelle Zauner Copy Share Image
Wine writers have been around for almost as long as there has been wine, but in the past, generally speaking, most wine… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
You should never read just for "enjoyment." Read to make yourself smarter! Less judgmental. More apt to understand your friends' insane behavior,… — John Waters Copy Share Image
It might be a good idea to have government totally by the people - that each person takes four or five hours… — Grace Slick Copy Share Image
In 2011, I did an internship in Seven Dials, a junction in London where seven roads come together. I'd given up on… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
Oh, that,' said Ginny, giggling. 'Well-Percy's got a girlfriend.' Fred dropped a stack of books on George's head. 'What?' 'It's that Ravenclaw… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Make no mistake, the organizations website counsels. You will be writing a lot of crap. And thats a good thing. By forcing… — Laura Miller Copy Share Image
Of publishing a book on religion, my dear sir, I never had an idea. I should as soon think of writing for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Finally, I owe a debt to all the writers who've worked in the Star Wars universe to date - and to the… — John Jackson Miller Copy Share Image
But this I know; the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of whichhe is not always mastersomething that at times… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
I am writing to make sure that kids don't lose very important traits like curiosity that can drive social change because oftentimes… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
“This was the sort of ebullience and élan I prayed for when I felt the desire to write. I used to sit… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“After you finish (writing a book) you are intensely depressed. It doesn’t much matter whether the reviews are good or not. You… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
Barna is correct when he writes, "After fifteen years of diligent digging into the world around me, I have reached several conclusions… — Ed Stetzer Copy Share Image
“He used to think things like, This organic soymilk will make me healthy and that'll make my brain work better and that'll… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
When I was in fourth grade, I started writing a lot of poetry, and eventually, someone in the church was like, 'You… — Cupcakke Copy Share Image
All my sermons are prepared in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. As recreation is most pleasant and profitable in the sun,… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“Writing, music, sculpting, painting, and prayer! These are the three things that are most closely related! Writers, musicians, sculptors, painters, and the… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Now, I can tell you about some women writers who truly are fantastic. One is Anna Kavan. She writes stories like I… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
We've never had a giant circulation. And we've always been a magazine for writers and for sophisticated readers. We've never had to… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
I see myself as a first-draft writer, so when I sit down to write something, the first draft is usually pretty close… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
When I was eight years old, I wrote a paragraph-long short story about a goat on my mother's hundred-pound, black-and-white-screen laptop. The… — Tea Obreht Copy Share Image
You can't really succeed with a novel anyway; they're too big. It's like city planning. You can't plan a perfect city because… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I think most of us, as writers, have had experiences where you get edited and it doesn't feel like your voice at… — Sarah Stillman Copy Share Image
I went to a very mean school and was bullied like crazy. I was a bit of a goth with purple hair,… — Christina Hendricks Copy Share Image
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