For me, writing in public is actually super energizing and so much fun. Especially when writing can typically be really painful and… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population - and gave birth to the whole… — Jane Campion Copy Share Image
“There is only one way: Go within. Search for the cause, find the impetus that bids you write. Put it to this… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
There's really a shortage of good freelance writers. ... There are a lot of talented people who are very erratic, so either… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
If I'm serious, yes, I'd like to have done what Shakespeare did... to act and write. You learn so much from acting.… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
I noticed with older songs that I perform that I'm coming from a different place with them now...it mutates the vibe and… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
GOOSE, n. A bird that supplies quills for writing. These [quills] when inked and drawn mechanically across paper by a person called… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I actually didn't listen to the Beatles song 'Nowhere Man' when I was writing my book of the same name. What I… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
I started writing 'Normal People' not knowing that anyone would read it, not knowing that anyone would read the first book, so… — Sally Rooney Copy Share Image
Well, I do write on political and social issues and the idea that one shouldn't - or the idea that we should… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share Image
In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention… — Anita Brookner Copy Share Image
I was staying on [writer/director/actor] Eric Schaeffer's couch in New York, and he said, "I've got this movie [If Lucy Fell]. Can… — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
I've been writing for a long time, since the late '60s. But it hasn't been in the same form. I used to… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I don't trust novels with points, do you? If a novel is only about a point, the writer should just say it… — William Lashner Copy Share Image
I personally believe the role of poets as poets (which is something different from our obligations as citizens, community members, humans) is… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
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writing is about doing something very close to the bone. It's about shocking yourself. When I write, I like to make myself… — Kate Braverman Copy Share Image
It's part of the business of really not caring about topping myself because I really don't care what's going to happen. I… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
I write when I can. I have no set writing practices, or times, or methods. I write when I'm not doing other… — Allison Joseph Copy Share Image
Is it snowing where you are? All the world that I see from my tower is draped in white and the flakes… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
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This is a faithless old world. Men and women are hardheaded, pleasure-mad, money crazy. They write up their successes and say, "The… — Lee Roberson Copy Share Image
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The writing for us is the hardest, but also the most important. You want to get to the next part of it,… — Matt Duffer Copy Share Image
The rhyme always knows better than you, and leads you to places where you wouldn't otherwise have gotten to and that is… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
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