If you're writing something that's clearly labelled as an alternative history, of course it's perfectly legitimate to play with known historical characters… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
The only artists I have ever known who are personally delightful are bad artists. Good artists exist simply in what they make,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“I have been told that the dying words of one famous 20th-century writer were, “I should have used fewer semicolons” – and… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
“A memory came to me. One time, in middle school, a famous author came to talk to our class and give a… — Alex Flinn Copy Share Image
A poet or prose narrator usually looks back on what he has achieved against a backdrop of the years that have passed,… — Eyvind Johnson Copy Share Image
Aristotle writes that persuasion is based on three things: the ethos, or personal character of the speaker; the pathos, or getting the… — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
My family was big on sharing. I guess it was just the way I was brought up. Or maybe, I read those… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I'm definitely one of those actresses who comes to a set knowing how I want to do a scene, and I definitely… — Summer Glau Copy Share Image
I started playing guitar and writing songs when I was 15. I think what mainly sparked my interest was just the fact… — Kate Voegele Copy Share Image
The historical sense compels a man to write not merely with his own generation in his bones, but with a feeling that… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
I never think of my work as writing for a young audience, frankly, because I think it risks talking 'down' to them.… — Soman Chainani Copy Share Image
We're living in a time when the sheer amount of language has exponentially increased. As writers, if we wish to be contemporary,… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I'd be hanging out in my bathrobe all day, stinky, just writing, and my mom allowed me to do this-as long as… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I don't even care what Bill Bryson writes about because he will make it interesting. I love "A Walk in the Woods,"… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
People don't tend to notice, but in the past 10 years especially there's been a lot of growth in how I write… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“In the various arts, and above all in that of writing, the shortest distance between two points, even if close to each… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a book that showed how the subjectification of the "the murderer" has changed little in over a hundred… — Richard Marshall Copy Share Image
The first person you should think of pleasing, in writing a book, is yourself. If you can amuse yourself for the length… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
“My colleague deciphered some bits of the writing on the wolf-totem jar. He found a smattering of words and phrases that spoke… — James Rollins Copy Share Image
More than fantasy or even science fiction, Ray Bradbury wrote horror, and like so many great horror writers he was himself utterly… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“The essential key for writing is to write regularly — like it or not — great ideas come often by writing; releasing… — Robert Marc Friedman Copy Share Image
Johnson is wise, Boswell foolish; Johnson warns and abstains, Boswell plunges; Johnson is rather a great man writing than a greatwriter, Boswell… — Marvin Mudrick Copy Share Image
I published only in academic journals in philosophy until I was in my 40s, but I had been writing fiction and poetry… — Cheryl Mendelson Copy Share Image
I'm excited about becoming a transmedia storyteller. The idea that we can tell the 'Agent Mom' story online with MTV Comics and… — Alaina Huffman Copy Share Image
“I write these words to bear witness to the primacy of resistance struggle in any situation of domination (even within family life);… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
Expose your life to real need. Visit a developing a country. Take a short term mission trip. Write an inmate, send a… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
Remember, don't start trying to relax; that is the most absurd thing in the world. And there are many stupid people writing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's a difference between writing for a living and writing for life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises…… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
English writing tends to fall into two categories - the big, baggy epic novel or the fairly controlled, tidy novel. For a… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
When I write, I use an Underwood #5 made in 1920. Someone gave me an electric typewriter, but there's no use pretending… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
In many college English courses the words “myth” and “symbol” are given a tremendous charge of significance. You just ain’t no good… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I'm a terrible sentence finisher. I think that's why I'm a songwriter. When you write a song, there are no rules, and… — Mirah Copy Share Image
I was writing 'Outlander' for practise and didn't want anyone to know I was doing it. So I couldn't very well announce… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
As every writer has his use, every writer ought to have his patrons; and since no man, however high he may now… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Some celebrities, it's interesting, because they're fantastic playing a character when somebody is writing the lines for them, and they're amazing actors,… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I don't write directly on to the computer because I don't think well facing forward with fingers on a keyboard. I think… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
We who make stories know that we tell lies for a living. But they are good lies that say true things, and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Cobain the writer is funny and self-aware and snotty with a knack for off-the-cuff profundity. Remarking to a friend that his band… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
“I used to believe authenticity could be achieved solely by describing, in our own words, one's own fragment of experience. This was… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
“Maybe you have already been writing, but never considered a book before. What you have contributed to websites, discussion groups, blogs and… — Kytka Hilmar-Jezek Copy Share Image
