To me, writing is a very physical process. I lay out the entire book with the two narratives side by side on… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
CHAPTER 4 Because normal was never right I begain to party again. I was crazy and out of control. I would try… — Jade Copy Share Image
I tried writing this book about a singer in a wedding band, but realized I only wanted to write the book so… — Megan McCafferty Copy Share Image
In matters like writing and painting, a man does what he has to do - if he has to write, why then,… — Malcolm Cowley Copy Share Image
I guess I have an aversion to writing about big events and heroic actions. The everyday has always seemed most important to… — Stephen McCauley Copy Share Image
Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
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I didn't feel the need for anonymous affection, for people in the dark applauding. To me, it would be like writing a… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
“The camera was a hand-held auxiliary of wanting-to-know. It had more than information and accuracy to teach me. I learned in the… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
I think that all people that get to a certain level of their celebrity are brands. I accept that. I don't value… — Shania Twain Copy Share Image
“The conclusion to be drawn is that I am happiest writing in small rooms. They make me feel comfortable and secure. And… — Danielle Steel Copy Share Image
“Once, several years ago, I was looking around for something and moved a piece of furniture only to behold behind it a… — Eve O. Schaub Copy Share Image
I picked up On The Road, Howl, and Naked Lunch (in that order) in high school. I was blown away. The writing… — Yony Leyser Copy Share Image
My forte is playing along and singing along to music I love. I mean, who knows, maybe I could develop that knack… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
I felt differently about her [Gypsy Rose Lee] during every phase of the research and writing process. Often, I felt incredibly sorry… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
“I write my literature as I write my ledger entries-carefully and indifferently. Next to the vast starry sky and the enigma of… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
I write and speak about personal and spiritual growth. One week I write about illness and another week I speak about relationships… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I would love to spend all my time writing to you; I'd love to share with you all that goes through my… — Luigi Pirandello Copy Share Image
“According to Proust, one proof that we are reading a major new writer is that his writing immediately strikes us as ugly.… — Adam Kirsch Copy Share Image
I am interested in politics but have stayed away from writing overtly political songs, or message songs, because I find it difficult… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
Having certain limits - not too many, but certain limits on an ability to tell a story - makes us work harder,… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
We all have a lot of people inside us, yet we get to live only one life. Fiction lets us slip into… — Steven Saylor Copy Share Image
Part of writing is discovering the rules of the game and then deciding whether to follow the rules or to break them.… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
Let's say I was like, "I'm going to write a book this year," which I'm not. Let's just say that was it.… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
Steven Erikson is an extraordinary writer. I read Gardens of the Moon with great pleasure. And now that I have read it,… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
All I've tried to do as an actor is follow the good writing. That's been my main drive. It's not always possible,… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
In 'Snow White and the Hunstman,' when we see them in the Dark Forest, you're allowed a lot of freedom to be… — Evan Daugherty Copy Share Image
There are so many forms of love. Spending time with friends, love stories. I enjoy showing my love by baking a cake… — Pom Klementieff Copy Share Image
It would be inappropiate, undignified, at 38, to conduct friendships or love affairs with the ardour or intensity of a 22 year… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“Virginia Woolf said, speaking from the perspective of the writer, that there’s no such thing, objectively, as a good or a bad… — Joanna Kavenna Copy Share Image
Much of my inspiration definitely comes from the human experience. I'm really inspired by love like a lot of people are. My… — Zella Day Copy Share Image
“Who is the writer here? YOU ARE. Whose book is it? YOUR BOOK. There are no writing police. No one is going… — Rachel Aaron Copy Share Image
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“What I corrupted was what is called the truth in favour of a more marvelous world. I could always improve on the… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
I didn't even write the lyrics down. I got in the booth, I put down a little guitar riff and the idea… — Benji Madden Copy Share Image
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“It has turned out, in fact, to be far harder to translate teleological into non-teleological language than had been anticipated by philosophers;… — David C. Stove Copy Share Image
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