You have to fight against all the things that will keep you out of writing, because life doesn't go with writing. You… — Leila Slimani Copy Share Image
“The second thing you have to do to be a writer is to keep on writing. Don't listen to people who tell… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
A writer, or a beginning writer, is faced by the huge walls of self-consciousness. Most people think, "What if I say the… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
I have a slightly contrarian streak as a writer, and one of the things I was interested in was how distilled could… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
I can be completely indulgent and spend as many hours and days or weeks as I like on one thing. Writing music… — Guy Pearce Copy Share Image
I tend to write in coffee shops and restaurants with friends of mine because if I'm at home, I get distracted by… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
When I got to 'Looking,' I didn't know that you could write stuff and they would put it on TV. That was… — Tanya Saracho Copy Share Image
Year after year after year, people write books about managing innovation or about leadership, for example, without ever going through the pain… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
“A scribe’s job is to transcribe what he is instructed to write down. Just as God directed and inspired the authors of… — Beau Jason McGlynn Copy Share Image
The thing about writing is not to talk, but to do it; no matter how bad or even mediocre it is, the… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
I grew up in a home filled with music and had an early appreciation of jazz since my dad was a jazz… — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
Personally, I see little distinction between an artistic mentality and criminality. You couldn't possibly create a compelling story without some wickedness or… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
Writing songs is a profession; so it's not an attempt to take things from my interactions with other people and for some… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
As a Vietnamese refugee who became an American writer, I can tell you that you matter, that your sadness matters, the story… — Andrew Lam Copy Share Image
I was so lucky that I got to meet certain people. It came through Roddy McDowall, who had become a photographer and… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
“I have never felt like I was creating anything. For me, writing is like walking through a desert and all at once,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“I write because there is nothing as joyful as writing, even when the writing is twisted and full of hate, the self-hate… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
I'm someone that examines culture and tries to break down why things are the way that they are whether its hip-hop music,… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so - I felt that it would be… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“Which story do you want to hear my child?"he picked him up and made him sit on his lap. "Tell us the… — Chitralekha Paul Copy Share Image
“It was then that I saw the business of writing for what it truly was and is to me. It is your… — Anita Brookner Copy Share Image
“Unlike uplifting light fiction, narrative nonfiction’s trammeled territory provides no safe room where an unnerved writer can banish their unpleasant memories. Narrative… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
I think having women behind the cameras is exciting - whether it's as a director or a writer or a producer -… — Mary Elizabeth Ellis Copy Share Image
There were the days when women were under contract, and they were thought of as a commodity, so they hired the best… — Sally Field Copy Share Image
I remember one of my writer friends asking me, "Jonestown? Everyone knows the ending. What's new or surprising that you can say… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
As so many writers know, the experience of creating an imaginary world is closer to dreaming than it is to normal, grit-your-teeth… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
I don't write poems with a purpose in mind, but I'd hope that some readers would find their experiences mirrored or articulated… — Deborah Landau Copy Share Image
I have about four different endeavors I'm going after right now. They all excite me in different ways. I'm all about keeping… — Kevin Griffin Copy Share Image
Write plays that matter. Raise the stakes. Shout, yell, holler, but make yourself heard. It's time for playwrights to reclaim the theatre.… — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
I will always believe in love and I don't care what happens to me or how many times I get my heart… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
As a journalist, I would talk to writers, directors, creative people, and discover that for an awful lot of them, the moment… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
No, writing musicals is the hardest thing in the world. And it was really funny, because I remember when the South Park… — Trey Parker Copy Share Image
I have a song called "Men." I mean, manhood and trying to be one, and failing as one, and trying to be… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
……, but as I am a scholar I feel obliged to document what it is like here, most of the time, between… — Margaret Edson Copy Share Image
Back in the late '90s, a writer named Daniel Handler decided that kids books were too cheerful. I mean, all the "Harry… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
In Dogen's writing, the practical instruction, philosophy and poetry are together in one voice. People hear about his poetry, go to his… — Kazuaki Tanahashi Copy Share Image
It's like a pulsar inside me. There is this great burst of energy, forcing me to write, and then the star goes… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
The only way to find out if you can write is to set aside a certain period every day and try. Save… — Judith Krantz Copy Share Image
“November 2014, focus on science communications full-time. I now work for a cancer charity, “translating” science into English for fundraising teams. My… — Sam Maggs Copy Share Image
Writing the novel felt so private to me! I think publishing a novel is quite public and exposing, and what's a little… — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
