Writing Quotes · Page 143

I always wanted to write psychological thrillers.

— Lisa Jewell

All writing comes by the grace of God.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I find writing to be a great stress-buster.

— Ravi Subramanian

“[I’ve] never written a thing without a record on.”

— John Merriman

“You give me the duty to write about love”

— Nicola An

You write like you're in love.

— Anonymous

I like films to be complete in their written form.

— Patrice Leconte

Writing is a form of activism.

— Angie Thomas

I still love writing in my journal and wearing sparkly dresses and looking at old chandeliers.

— Taylor Swift

I don't think academic writing ever was wonderful. However, science used to be much less specialized.

— Stephen Jay Gould

“I'm not trying to please anyone. I'm just trying to write a damn book.”

— Richard Denney

Language is the currency of consciousness. We speak to fill the void. We write it down to remember.

— Andrew Lakey

Love songs are the most complex to write because everyone knows about it.

— Chris de Burgh

You need to write on your own and produce your own life.

— Courtney Love

The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it…

— E. B. White

Language has not the power to speak what love indites: The soul lies buried in the ink that writes.

— John Clare

“Unlike modern films where superstars dominate every scene, the Hollywood films of the golden era have depth in writing and casting, so…

— Roger Ebert

I don't write because of some rare talent. I write because I have a little voice inside of me that says really…

— Todd Newton

I think the best writing is full of honesty and conviction. A lot of people are afraid to reveal much of themselves.

— Sam Fender

If you don't have a burning passion for writing, how can you expect anyone else to be moved by what you write?

— JoAnn Ross

“You may receive a pie, eat it and forget. You may receive champagne, drink it and forget. But when you receive a…

— Israelmore Ayivor

TV is very much a producer and writer or creator-driven machine in the States. And I'm the kind of actor that needs…

— Rose Byrne

Most writers flinch at the thought of being completely honest about themselves. So absolute honesty is what marks the true modern.

— J. G. Ballard

Safety, reputation, their lives, their friends, and their world. Writers typically try to avoid that because it's not expedient.

— Christopher Bollen

The first-person viewpoint is more enjoyable to write, because it lets me meander more freely, and it can reveal more of the…

— Anne Tyler

Many people ask why a writer commits suicide. But I think that people who ask don't know the vanity and the nothingness…

— Kobo Abe

An aphorism is a synthesis of poetry and prose, it is a narrative precipitate, a didactic parable, an ideological concept, in practice…

— William C. Brown

Most scripts are written to be green lit. They're not written to be acted. And a lot of writers with the greatest…

— Laura Linney

One of the reasons I'm not so keen on people calling me an "experimental" writer is that it suggests the work is…

— Steve Erickson

I spent a lot of time on Diane Arbus film, not only writing it, but running around talking through various production issues.…

— Tamara Jenkins

He found himself wanting to write poetry about how her blue eyes were like starlight and her hair like night, because "night"…

— Cassandra Clare

I've done bits of writing for other people but when I'm writing music as Years & Years, I'm using my life and…

— Olly Alexander

I'm a big believer in writing really good dialogue.

— Lena Waithe

There's a sucker born every minute.

— P. T. Barnum

writing is the most personal form of prayer.

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

“Doubt is the only reliable source of creativity.”

— Peter Tieryas

By writing, you learn to write.

— Samuel Johnson

Sean's a great, great writer.

— Anonymous

Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.

— Marilyn Hacker

I think that I speak a lot like I write.

— Max Lucado