“All things considered, I’ve learned more from talking to painters than talking to writers. Not that painters are smarter than writers, such… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Good description is a learned skill, one of the prime reasons why you cannot succeed unless you read a lot and write… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
For me, I'm constantly writing stuff that is what I'm dealing with on a personal, psychological level. And I think that I… — Amber Benson Copy Share Image
I write two hours in the morning and two hours before bed no matter. No matter what. I also write during the… — Kiese Laymon Copy Share Image
“Literary censorship should not be necessary within the parameters of the law because it's simply a reflection of prevailing social prejudices! Writing… — Jack Tar Copy Share Image
“The realization that a decline in the moral state impedes the flowering of literature is a feeling unique to the Jewish people.… — Rabbi Kook Copy Share Image
It is dangerous it seems to me for a civilization when there is a complete abyss betewen people in general and the… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
I write almost all my songs on an acoustic guitar, even if they turn into rock songs, hard rock songs, metal songs,… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I noticed people would read these short articles I was assigned to write for our church bulletin and they would say, Boy,… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
The songs that I'm able to write are the songs I'm able to write, whatever they may be. The path I've cut… — Mac DeMarco Copy Share Image
A lot of writing I do on tour. I do a lot on airplanes. At home, I write a lot, obviously. When… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
That whole idea of chick lit being a thing that you just lump all the commercial female writers into - it went… — Lisa Jewell Copy Share Image
Tolstoi explains somewhere in his writings why, in his opinion, "Science for Science's sake" is an absurd conception. We cannot know all… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
I write poetry to figure things out. It's what I use as a navigating tool in my life, so when there's something… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
If any refuse to obey the common laws and orders of the ship concerning their common peace or preservation; if any shall… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
I do not waste my time writing pot-boilers: the pot must be boiled, and even my pot au feu has some chunks… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I'm unique for a suspense author in that I don't have a specialty background. A lot of suspense writers used to be… — Lisa Gardner Copy Share Image
“Writer William Mills in 1898 bluntly articulated that “The independence of Cuba is, therefore, an historical absurdity… Nothing but her complete incorporation… — Keith Bolender Copy Share Image
I'm an improviser at heart, when I'm writing, I'm improvising in my head. When you're an improviser on stage, you can never… — Scot Armstrong Copy Share Image
I love storytellers. When I was growing up, my inspirations were watching Eddie Murphy, Dennis Wolfberg, and Louie Anderson. These guys were… — Jo Koy Copy Share Image
Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report written on… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
'Infernal Affairs' uses a vibrating terseness usually found in the writer and director Michael Mann's work. Thematically, this film deploys the techniques… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
“This is what Laura loved about literature. You could see things in it that perhaps weren’t there, but might be. And even… — L.L. Barkat Copy Share Image
You need three things to become a successful novelist: talent, luck and discipline. Discipline is the one element of those three things… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“…a writer, like most artists, needs a partner who can act as the fuel to his artistic mind and soul, yet has… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“Writing keeps me at my desk, constantly trying to write a perfect sentence. It is a great privilege to make one’s living… — John Banville Copy Share Image
I figure 1000 words a day, or four pages, and sometimes I'll write more, but I'll try not to. Because I think… — Carolyn See Copy Share Image
“What are bad recommendations you hear in your profession or area of expertise? Great, great question. In the world of writing, everyone… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
Our history has moved in that direction slowly at times but unmistakably thanks to generations of Americans who refused to give up… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“Having an attack of self-doubt about your writing ability? Step #1 - Tell yourself - 'I'm the best damn writer there is,… — Jonathan Maas Copy Share Image
Don't be pretentious is my first advice to young writers. This is the big problem - just because you're getting an MFA… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
I'm a memoir writer. I try to understand the world by taking experiences I have and making them into a story, whether… — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
“The other night we talked about literature's elimination of the unessential, so that we are given a concentrated "dose" of life. I… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
Once you're done being president, you tend to want to defend your record more than plumb your inner feelings. I find it… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Some of the subject matter is a little less weighty. When we were writing for Mr. Show, we were talking about how… — B. J. Porter Copy Share Image
The first draft of everything, I write longhand. One of the nice things about that is that it makes you keep going.… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
I decided to write Leadership BS because I was irritated by the hypocrisy in the leadership literature and the fact that many… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
If I basically view criticism as sort of an interesting form of writing about oneself, an interesting form of autobiography, then I… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I remember I had had one woman who had three or four kids, and some of them were having problems. I said,… — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
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