The more interesting the 9-to-5 work is, the more it takes away from my real work, which is writing. — Judith Rossner Copy Share Image
I loved writing the Spellman novels, but I never had any plan to only write in one genre. — Lisa Lutz Copy Share Image
Obviously I don't have whatever it is you need to be a successful writer. — Peter James Copy Share Image
I never overcame my conviction that writing for commercial television was a kind of prostitution. — Helene Hanff Copy Share Image
I definitely prefer to write under my own volition and see what happens. — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
When I start to write, I don't have any plan at all. I just wait for the story to come. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at. What I see and what I fear. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I don't understand why this happens… — Ennio Morricone Copy Share Image
“Writing requires immortal thoughts hidden in your conscience which lead you to all philosophical, emotional, romantic statistics of the humans of this… — Yash Thakur Copy Share Image
I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters.… — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
Advertising was only meant to be a very small part of my life. I had intended that I would work extensively in… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
Largely I write from life. ... I write from what happens to me. Mostly about love. People notice the other stuff more… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be a songwriter and a storyteller and somebody who conveys a feeling to the listener or the viewer. — Wes Borland Copy Share Image
When I am writing, and occasionally achieve single focus and presence, I finally feel that is where I'm supposed to be. Everything… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
I always squirm when I read what's called 'creative nonfiction,' and the writer is lobbing gobs of emotion and language at the… — Stewart O'Nan Copy Share Image
When you're writing a book that is going to be a narrative with characters and events, you're walking very close to fiction,… — Samuel Hynes Copy Share Image
Much of the ill-tempered railing against women that has characterized the popular writing of the last two years is a half-heartedattempt to… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Had I to give advice to writers (and I do not think they need it, because everyone has to find out things… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Many of the writers who have inspired me most are outside the genre: Humorists like Robert Benchley and James Thurber, screenwriters like… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
In hip-hop, I wasn't very focused on delivering a message. It was just a string of lines that didn't connect. What I… — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
Write what you want to read. So many people think they need to write a particular kind of book, or imitate a… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I don't have much to say about honesty. All that I feel about it that people don't discuss as far as I… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
My enthusiasm seems to cause my world to endlessly offer me cooperative, co-creating experiences. I'm willing and I'm eager, and not just… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
