In my mind, only one inviolable precept exists in terms of being a successful writer: you have to write. The unspoken sub-laws… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“Someone once told the Catholic writer Flannery O’Connor that it is more open-minded to think that the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
There is no nobler chore in the craft of writing than holding up the mirror of reality and turning it slightly, so… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
This was another subject of criticism. She was being paid, as I recall, during the 1940's, what was then a princely sum,… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
The problem with being a writer/director: unless you're really disciplined, you start adding projects, and you have to make time to make… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
The way I view touring and shows, for me, is that I really like playing, but that's not the thing that fuels… — Radical Face Copy Share Image
I'm not just interested in the thoughts I have, but also in others' thoughts, and why not carry those forward? That's why… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
Inspiration and stealing are two completely different things. If somebody wants to make a song like "Stairway to Heaven" and writes a… — Robin Thicke Copy Share Image
What writing a poem really does - and what figuring how to perform effectively really does - is forces people to listen… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
When you're writing a novel, you spend four years sitting in your basement and a year waiting for the book to come… — John Green Copy Share Image
Back when the Bible was written, then edited, then rewritten, then rewritten, then re-edited, then translated from dead languages, then re-translated, then… — David Cross Copy Share Image
To write rhythmic prose one must go deep into oneself and find the anonymous and multiple rhythm of the blood. Prose needs… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
On 'Mr. Robot,' because I run the writers' room and know every decision behind every line of dialogue, I'm able to be… — Sam Esmail Copy Share Image
This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what… — Gary Provost Copy Share Image
Writing genetic code like we do software will usher in a completely new way of living for all of us. When this… — Arvind Gupta Copy Share Image
“I never used an outline until I started "The Bourne Legacy" project for which I was required to write an outline. To… — Eric Van Lustbader Copy Share Image
Honestly, I envy painters, who can have a masterpiece in one morning. Or musicians, who can write something in 30 minutes and… — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
The problem with literature, with writing, is that it works sometimes in terms of correction of social ills. Other times, it just… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
The one author who has influenced my writing the most is the English writer John Fowles, who wrote 'The French Lieutenant's Woman,'… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
Your attitude is everything. Believe in yourself and trust your material. To be a successful writer, write every single day where you… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
Chats are so new to newspapers, historically. But they're so incredibly valuable because editors/reporters/columnists get to find out what's on the minds… — Michael Wilbon Copy Share Image
It is not histories I am writing, but lives; and in the most glorious deeds there is not always an indication of… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
The one thing I've always done as an author is talk to my publicists. Because they have all the best stories -… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
“... The Book is more important than your plans for it. You have to go with what works for The Book ~… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are things about the South - the politics, the classism, the racism - that I hate, and I want to be… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I think there are things that need changing obviously. I think there are things that I think we overdid on the first… — Michael Angelakos Copy Share Image
“An unthinkable thought is not one that hasn't occurred to somebody, nor is it a thought that somebody considers to be wrong.… — Charles Baxter Copy Share Image
The writing gets done away from the keyboard and away from the studio in my head, in solitude. And then I come… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
The turning point was when I hit my 30th birthday. I thought, if really want to write, it's time to start. I… — James Rollins Copy Share Image
“We write to expose the unexposed. Most human beings are dedicated to keeping that one door shut. But the writer's job is… — Ann Lamott Copy Share Image
Everyone who knew me as a child, they say they're not surprised that I became a writer because I wrote all the… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
Oftentimes, if a writer really gets her hooks into me, I'll want to read interviews, or listen to an interview, or read… — Brad Listi Copy Share Image
Sometimes, what's not said is just as important to the writing as what is said. As a writer, we have our voices… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
“The way I know when something I've written is perfect is that I feel truly connected to it in a way I… — Kat Yeh Copy Share Image
The writer, like a swimmer caught by an undertow, is borne in an unexpected direction. He is carried to a subject which… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
I know that New York is big - there are huge buildings - but, in fact, it's quite small and contained... I… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
Because I'm moved in writing to be irrepressible. Writing to you seems like some holy cause, cause there's not enough female irrepressibility… — Chris Kraus Copy Share Image
People forget how outcast 'They Might Be Giants' can be. They have a reputation for writing really deft, funny, clever melodies, and… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
I began to write in an enclosed, self-confident literary culture. The poet's life stood in a burnished light in the Ireland of… — Eavan Boland Copy Share Image
I'd want to read the stories that I'd written, I'd want to show the drawings that I made. That was just purely… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
