“If he is going into management, he writes. If he is an engineer or architect why he paints or sculpts. He will… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
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I think the advent of the Internet gave us all a big boost, because by the time the Internet became mainstream and… — Kevin Smith Copy Share Image
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As a storyteller, you also don't want to make people feel like they're left out, like other people who have read the… — Damon Lindelof Copy Share Image
Audiences are very sophisticated and they know the nuts and bolts of the genre - certainly with horror more than others I… — Reece Shearsmith Copy Share Image
If you could stop every atom in its position and direction, and if your mind could comprehend all the actions thus suspended,… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I feel like for me the lyric writing really comes from just what's going on in my heart and that's what consumes… — Amy Lee Copy Share Image
“Oh, but it is!" said Dot. "You see, I've taken many, many writing workshops. You'd be surprised how many." No I wouldn't,… — Jincy Willett Copy Share Image
I guess what attracted me about the philosophy aspect was that it was realistic. It didn't go off into the realm of… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to… — John McGahern Copy Share Image
“I once dreamt of being a writer, to have my words known by many from many countries; this dream i dreamt came… — Rayvon L. Browne Copy Share Image
Every artist, writers included, have an ethics and an aesthetics, whether they can formulate them or not. I happen to think that… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
There's a subtle reason that programmers always want to throw away the code and start over. The reason is that they think… — Joel Spolsky Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, the minute you start having sex, you can totally see the difference in the writing. You become an adult… — Nick Jonas Copy Share Image
I know a guy who writes on the show, it was his episode, and he called and said, "Would you do it?"… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
“Bestseller doesn’t necessarily mean good writer. I think it takes 10,000 book sales to make the bestseller’s list, and at about 9… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
The writing is the springboard for your intuitive stuff and then you see, maybe a colour of what you want to achieve.… — Miranda Richardson Copy Share Image
Isaiah the prophet, Isaiah's second son was - his symbolic name was Mahershalalhashbaz. And Isaiah was - the Prophet Isaiah was instructed… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
By the time I hit college, my secret shame was the reason I was an actor was my own words sort of… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
I write what I call precinct drama, and I tend to write things set in the workplace. Having an institution which gives… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I think, there were probably problems with show business where producers and directors would try to get the writing credit also. So… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
I think writing is a process that starts long before the writers are actually writers and probably goes on long afterward. It's… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I live alone, perhaps for no good reason, for the reason that I am an impossible creature, set apart by a temperament… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
Maberry is a master at writing scenes that surge and hum with tension. The pacing is relentless. He presses the accelerator to… — S.G. Browne Copy Share Image
“It may be that I might have inferred from the pages that life teaches us to diminish the value of what we… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“When my avocation became my vocation I was set free. Writing, at first, was a hobby that I loved dearly. It turned… — Byron Craft Copy Share Image
My writing isn't actually guided by issues. I know it seems that way, but I don't sit down and think, Oh, there's… — Paula Vogel Copy Share Image
Holly came out with a book and she gave her experience. This is what I told Kendra, 'She's writing about her experience… — Bridget Marquardt Copy Share Image
There's a certain kind of neurological makeup that goes along with being a writer, and having been in the room with a… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I don't have any writing routine. Sometimes I go to my local coffee shop and I write there for some hours. Apart… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
I love writing pop songs and I love the challenge. I love melodies and wanted it to be classy. I wanted it… — Courtney Jaye Copy Share Image
You can't sit down and write 300 compositions in a three-month period and think that you're doing it all by yourself. Obviously,… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
Writing is rewriting. A writer must learn to deepen characters, trim writing, intensify scenes. To fall in love with the first draft… — Richard North Patterson Copy Share Image
“To be a decent writer you must have both empathy and imagination. While these attributes aid your art, they can plague your… — M.J. Rose Copy Share Image
We all are who we are. We're not necessarily good, and we're not necessarily bad. So much television, in the writing, is… — Kyle Schmid Copy Share Image
I write in order to understand the images. Being what my agent . . . somewhat ruefully calls a language playwright, is… — Ellen McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I played upright bass. I wanted to write great tunes, play the bass, be a band leader, and smoke a big funny… — Jack Bruce Copy Share Image
My working method has more often than not involved the subtraction of weight. I have tried to remove weight, sometimes from people,… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
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