It is the work of the Canadian artist to paint or play or write in such a way that life will be… — J. E. H. MacDonald Copy Share Image
As to the differences between game work and novel writing, well, obviously the former is a lot less lonely - you're in… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it. It happens to be a… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Traffic' was an album that had a significant amount of songs. It was not complete and I felt didn't fully represent me… — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
I've been writing music since I was about eight. I would write sporadically. I wrote a lot of music in high school.… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
I'm the wife Spike Lee deserves. A white woman, which he says he would never be with, so let's get someone really… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
“I wish I could say he was a French professor, a French chef, or even a bilingual tutor, but I can’t. He… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
A journal of the 'subjective' kind I have always thought foolish, as nurturing a morbid self -consciousness in the writer; and yet,… — Lucy Larcom Copy Share Image
If you take my stuff apart, you'll find my choruses of repetitions are picked up almost verbatim from Kurt Vonnegut, and my… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Howbeit, though no scholar, I am not one of those who misuse the English speech, and, being foolishly led by the hasty… — Bret Harte Copy Share Image
I always say I write because I have questions, not because I have answers. It's true that you begin the conversation -… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm a great actress. I think I can act or I can react. Coming from a musical background and… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I often write about reconciling. Reconciling, or maybe half-reconciling between antagonists, between people who are deadly enemies. I write about reconciliation, but… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
If you take a few days to write an outline, you're just making up scenes that you think will work, that you… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
You don't really learn how to write songs; you learn to develop as a writer, and you get to meet lots of… — Alice Merton Copy Share Image
I had a song called "Folsom Prison Blues" that was a hit just before "I Walk The Line." And the people in… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
I don't mind people writing about me. Personal attacks are different, but political arguments? I'm putting myself out there on a daily… — Kimberly Guilfoyle Copy Share Image
“Milan Kundera, the Czech-born writer, has a pithy quote about this in his novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being: “Human life occurs… — Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Copy Share Image
It's true that writing can give new forms to concepts that existed previously with far less clarity, but in terms of the… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
I have a writing space in my apartment, but I prefer to write at coffee shops. When I'm stuck, I take a… — Renee Watson Copy Share Image
I've been doing morning pages: the first thing I do when I wake up is sit down and write three pages of… — T. Mills Copy Share Image
“... my aim in writing The Watch That Ends the Night was not to present history. My aim was to present humanity.… — Allan Wolf Copy Share Image
Corruption is subtle, just like the Bible said. Many young poets have come to me and asked, How am I gonna make… — Philip Levine Copy Share Image
Modern literary theory sees a similarity between walking and writing that I find persuasive: words inscribe a text in the same way… — Geoff Nicholson Copy Share Image
I don't really wanna think about themes. I wanna just think about the experience of the movie. I feel like, as soon… — Wes Anderson Copy Share Image
A Daring Life: A Biography of Eudora Welty is a beautifully written portrait of Eudora Welty and her amazing life. Carolyn J.… — William R. Ferris Copy Share Image
I think, when you are writing non-fiction, you feel there's an obligation to get it absolutely right, so all your factual details… — Ronald Frame Copy Share Image
“Audience of angels descend in the ambiance reciting praises in your glory, when you wear your dance shoes, when you arrive at… — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
“You always felt destined for stardom of one kind or another. But the fear that maybe that wasn't true wouldn't leave you… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
The way I write is this: I write about a thousand words a day, a little bit more. The next morning, I… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
Kids are all computer-savvy. Sit down and write to your parents on the computer. And just say, I have some questions and… — Sue Johanson Copy Share Image
Cinema is a visual language, and you're always looking for visual metaphors for things. You know, if I was writing a play… — John Logan Copy Share Image
What seems beautiful to me, what I should like to write, is a book about nothing, a book dependent on nothing external,… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
I can’t hope to convey the full effect of the embraces and avowals, but I can perhaps offer a crumb of counsel.… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I keep social with everyone because I want to know what's going on at every level. At the same time, if I'm… — Courtney Love Copy Share Image
[The Center for Industrial Progress'] model allows us to keep conflicts of interest to an absolute minimum as we do our research… — Alex Epstein Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you're writing a song, it's work, and you really have to make sure you're kind of pounding out every little… — Matthew Ramsey Copy Share Image
“If a writer is any good, what he makes will have its source in a realm much larger than that which his… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Right now in American writing there is no genre as exciting as memoir - the writer can do anything, as long as… — Anthony Swofford Copy Share Image
For the social ecologist language is not "communication." It is not just "message." It is substance. It is the cement that holds… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image