Writing is hard, but the more you write, and enjoy what you write, the better it gets. — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
What most readers do not realize is that it takes a particular genius to write funny, to satirize. — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
“Writers should measure their life not in years, but in moments of writing.” — J. Alchem Copy Share Image
A fiction writer is never entirely alone. Her characters are constantly whispering in her ear. — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
I didn't have to say it. I just had to write it. It was painful enough. — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
I learned to embrace my individuality, and if that meant writing a song on one chord over and over again, then that's… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
I've written everything I have to say but the words, they rot and fall away. So with a hole in the bottom,… — Aly Johnson Copy Share Image
I have no interest in the printed word. I would continue to write if there were no writing and no print. I… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Before I got my present job, I spent many years teaching writing part-time, so-called, at community colleges and universities. It's academia's version… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
An author writes a book, and that's the book at that point. And if the author writes the book again, then somehow… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I have a day job where I make money and satisfy my self-esteem. Writing is for fun, and I want to keep… — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
For a creative person there's just as much pleasure in writing an eight-line poem as there is in writing a blockbuster play… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
A writer once asked what I'd say if I ever met my biggest hater. I paused, thought deeply and said, "Probably 'suk… — Ezra Koenig Copy Share Image
“It has been our experience that American houses insist on very comprehensive editing; that English houses as a rule require little or… — Jack McClelland Copy Share Image
After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
I could draw Bloom County with my nose and pay my cleaning lady to write it, and I'd bet I wouldn't lose… — Berkeley Breathed Copy Share Image
The "How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others" essay was so hard to write because of the memories, the sensory stuff, but… — Kiese Laymon Copy Share Image
Stuff starts to feel stale comedically when you're just rehashing things, so putting together a writers' room where the majority is made… — Nahnatchka Khan Copy Share Image
“I can write the saddest poem of all tonight. Write, for instance: "The night is full of stars, and the stars, blue,… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
“The old concept of chronological, orderly, symmetrical development of character died when it was discovered that the unconscious motivations are entirely at… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
As I get older I find myself thinking about stories more and more before I work so that by the time I… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
