I write some crappy songs. ... but every once in a while I get just the right words put together for the… — Bonnie Baker Copy Share Image
I'm not so naive that I didn't know or didn't suspect that, at some point, someone was going to say "You're writing… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
To me, truth is the big thing. Constantly you're writing something and you get to a place where your characters could go… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
“The address given to me by Greta was written in such a way that the words looked like numbers, and the numbers… — Shoeburn Ruffet Copy Share Image
All I ask is this: Do something. Try something. Speaking out, showing up, writing a letter, a check, a strongly worded e-mail.… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
It's like if a young woman writes it, then it's chick lit. We don't care if she's slaying vampires or working as… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
“enjoying a tranquillity in which I won’t write the works I don’t write now, and to keep on not writing them I’ll… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Even though novels were the love of my life, I started off writing poetry. I think because I had a knack for… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
I had several publishers, and they were all the same. They all wanted salacious. And everybody is writing autobiographies, and that's one… — Anita Pallenberg Copy Share Image
An expensive ad represents the toil, attention, testing, wit, art, and skill of many people. Far more thought and care go into… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I… — Jackson Browne Copy Share Image
“I remember the astonishment I felt when I first read Shakespeare. I expected to receive a powerful esthetic pleasure, but having read,… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
You need to keep something for yourself. As a writer, I feel that even more strongly. I feel like I need to… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I see the audience as the final collaborator. I think it's kind of bullshit when people say, "I'm not interested in the… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
“CUSTOMER: Hi, I just wanted to ask: did Anne Frank ever write a sequel? BOOKSELLER: … CUSTOMER: I really enjoyed her first… — Jen Campbell Copy Share Image
I see a vision of a great rucksack revolution thousands or even millions of young Americans wandering around with rucksacks, going up… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
You got a job?" "Ignatius hasta help me at home," Mrs. Reilly said. Her initial courage was failing a little, and she… — John Kennedy Toole Copy Share Image
Richard Stark writes a harsh and frightening story of criminal warfare and vengeance with economy, understatement and a deadly amoral objectivity-a remarkable… — Anthony Boucher Copy Share Image
I used to go into rooms of older executives and try to pitch talk show ideas and when I was writing as… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
The weapons an author has at her disposal are flawed. There are words that feel shapeless and overused. Love, for example. I… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Pessimism is easy. We all can do it. We don't need to read books on how to be pessimists. We don't need… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Given that there are seven billion people living on this earth, there is a consistent quantity of imbecile or idiot, okay. Previously,… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Sometimes I start with the beat. Sometimes I can write something down and it takes me a while to figure out how… — Cakes da killa Copy Share Image
In junior high I read a lot of Stephen King, whose Americana approach to writing was often about "the terror next door"… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
I wear my pajamas. That's the thing I love most about writing. I don't get changed until I actually have to go… — Kimberly Willis Holt Copy Share Image
I can go on for hours about how 'Doctor Who' is a portal fantasy writ across the stars, how the companions are… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
Writing a book is something I actually feel like I could do. I don't know when that would happen, but I feel… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
“Now, it’s undeniably true that male writers (including yours truly) are generally and commercially allowed to write about “girl stuff” without being… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
I think what's happening with book advances is something that most of the world just doesn't fully appreciate, especially when it comes… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
I get up every day and work in the morning. I have my coffee and get to work. On good days I… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“If Makar Denisych was just a clerk or a junior manager, then no one would have dared talk to him in such… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
With a book called 'Keeping Score,' I really did want to write a book about the Korean War, because I felt that… — Linda Sue Park Copy Share Image
First and foremost, I consider myself a storyteller. And I'm endlessly fascinated with people, with what they do and why... and how… — Debbie Macomber Copy Share Image
If you give a writer a pile of blank paper and say you can write anything you like on any subject you… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
In my life, looking at other women who have been pregnant while writing, I always feel like it's kind of their most… — Kelis Copy Share Image
“Let me repeat. I have not read all the work of this present generation of writing. I have not had time yet.… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
I think that if I get into the habit of writing a bit about what happens, or rather doesn't happen, I may… — Alice James Copy Share Image
My work as a screenwriter has influenced my fiction. Writing screenplays forces you to consider many elements regarding story structure and other… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Doubtful, but it did work... "Annabeth?" Percy said again. "You're planning something. You've got that I'm-planning-something look." "I don't have an I'm-planning-something… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The writer must be able to revel and roll in the abundance of words; he must know not only the direct but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
