“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
“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
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
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
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
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'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 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
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
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
“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
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
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
“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
We're going to open up the libel laws. So when they write falsely, we can sue the media and we can get… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I tend to write about love because I'm always thinking about it. I think a lot though and struggle with overanalyzing. Way… — Jillian Hervey Copy Share Image
Writing by myself, I spread that out more. I'll spend more time on a song then. I'm more critical about it, because… — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image
When I realized I wanted to do more writing and less traveling around the world teaching live seminars, I decided to write… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
Some of the songs come so fully, it's like they are pre-packaged. There have been a couple that came in the middle… — John Prine Copy Share Image
“His deep voice drifted to her through the crowd of women. “…my lady when she returns. Och, there ye are, Blossom,” Faolán… — Shannon MacLeod Copy Share Image
“1) Work on one thing at a time until finished. 2) Start no more new books, add no more new material to… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Like musicians who can read and write complicated scores in a world without sounds, for us mathematics is a source of delight,… — Gil Kalai Copy Share Image
“... and I knew what I wanted: I would settle in a hill station and write my novel. I had visions of… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
The Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach who helped write the immigration laws in Arizona said that [Donald] Trump's policy advisors are… — Megyn Kelly Copy Share Image
I think it's time to have a celebration of life and renew our vows. And this time we're going to write the… — Bill Rancic Copy Share Image
I've started a company, called Tall Girl Productions, and we've got our first project that is purely producing, not writing, with a… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I've always felt a great affinity with music. I've felt myself to be more of a musician than anything else, though I'm… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
I’m an author. We don’t want to lead. We don’t need to follow. We stay home and make stuff up and write… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
If it came back I would be thrilled. I would be delighted to write more songs. I need them now because I… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
“Nobody ever became a writer just by wanting to be one. If you have anything to say, anything you feel nobody has… — f scoot fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“As there is no appearance of daylight, what is to be done during the night? It occurred to me that I would… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
We should not allow ourselves to believe that writers like Poe have more imagination than those who are content with describing things… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
I started writing "Peace Trail" here in Colorado, then I went back to California. I had a few other tunes going around… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
I try to work every day because you have no refuge but writing. When you're going through a period of unhappiness, a… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image