“Sacred writings are beneficial in stimulating desire for inward realization, if one stanza at a time is slowly assimilated. Continual intellectual study… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
I directed my first music video for Sara Bareilles. I like writing and directing. I co-wrote '21 Jump Street' and I'm in… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
See yourself as a pioneer in a new world. We are not facing the end of the world, as some would have… — Jed Diamond Copy Share Image
Other writers, producers, and directors of low-budget films would often put down the film they were making, saying it was just something… — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
If the first requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite, the second is to put in your apprenticeship as… — A. J. Liebling Copy Share Image
I'm crazy about Diane Von Furstenberg. It's a relationship that's very different; I don't see Diane a lot. So when I saw… — Diana Ross Copy Share Image
Years and years ago, I said I did not want to write academic books. I want to write books that are in… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
I don't need to write comics for a living. I have movies and TV for that. I write comics for one reason… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
“Whether the underlying cause of your dependency is a chemical imbalance, unresolved events from the past, beliefs you hold that are inconsistent… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“A writer must find his own grain, way, bent. ...He aspires to create new and original works. His way is alone. If… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I always plan the whole story in some detail, long before I start writing the actual thing. But even doing that, I… — Raymond Buckland Copy Share Image
“Some of the most vivid writing in America is on the walls of restrooms. The men's room in the Albany, N.Y. railroad… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
It's been said that happiness writes white. It doesn't show up on the page. When you're on holiday and writing a letter… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
'Still Writing Songs About You' - that one hits me every time. For some reason, I really feel that song every time… — Matthew Ramsey Copy Share Image
“Never will I make that extra effort to live according to reality which alone makes good writing possible: hence the manic-depressiveness of… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
With ferocity and extraordinary craft, Lizzie Harris has made a book of poems that resonates far beyond the personal stories it tells.… — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I wake up fairly early every day, by 8, for sure. Sunday is a lighter writing day than the weekdays, but I… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Technically, I've been retired for some time now. All I ever do is occasionally write songs for friends, such as one, for… — Tom Glazer Copy Share Image
I'm afraid that the act of writing is so scary and anxiety-filled that I never laugh at all. In fact, when people… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
I don't see myself as a deep philosopher. The things I write about tend to be what we all have to face,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
My approach to writing rhymes went hand in hand with the music. I'd try to make different rhythms with my rhymes on… — Rakim Copy Share Image
“At first I wanted to write our story in order to be free of it. But the memories wouldn’t come back for… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
I've always loved writing emotionally rich, character-driven novels that explore the way people fall in love and deal with life's triumphs and… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
Writing is not magic. It’s a craft, a process, a set of steps. As with any process, things sometimes break down. Even… — Roy Peter Clark Copy Share Image
The two important facts I should say, are emotion, and then words arising from emotion. I don't think you can write in… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I know the fastest way for me to get acclaim is to criticize the league. I can do that tomorrow. I come… — Cris Collinsworth Copy Share Image
Jesus has many who love the kingdom of God, but few who bear a cross. He has many who desire His comfort,… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Before I begin a novel I have a strong sense of at least one central character and how the story begins, and… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
CHAPTER 1 Girl who ran My name is Jade for those who dont know, now know. And this is my life story,… — Jade Copy Share Image
There is neither a proportional relationship, nor an inverse one, between a writer’s estimation of a work in progress & its actual… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
No words can express how much the world owes to sorrow. Most of the Psalms were born in the wilderness. Most of… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“The problem is that the inner critic is actually an indispensable element of any writer’s working life; it is the immune system,… — Patricia Costa Viglucci Copy Share Image
“You'd think the very thought of a romance writer would bring a smile to people's lips. Ah, how nice. Love. Making love.… — Jude Deveraux Copy Share Image
“I want to say something about bad writing. I'm proud of my bad writing. Everyone is so intelligent lately, and stylish. Fucking… — Ariana Reines Copy Share Image
Humanity is a failed experiment, but I think I'm God and I'd like to start over. I don't want to die, I… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
I love to play with language; make it do tricks, turn a word inside out to see if it's got a hidden… — Larry Gelbart Copy Share Image
“Occasionally, noticing an exact identity of thought between what I felt but could not articulate and the clearly expressed idea of a… — Gopi Krishna Copy Share Image
Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it… — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
Writing, for me, has to do with liberty of mind. The liberty to intuit, assess, be surprised, even to be ashamed and… — Laurie Sheck Copy Share Image
Method acting has had a major influence both in writing through the eyes of other people, and seeing through the eyes of… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
