Every time you write a poem it’s apocalyptic. You’re revealing who you really are to yourself. — Li-Young Lee Copy Share Image
The storyteller is one who comes bearing a great and lasting gift. — Edward Eggleston Copy Share Image
My subconscious does the writing; I don't have control over that. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor. — Edgar Rice Burroughs Copy Share Image
Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing. — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
“One can’t force the mind, body or heart to heal in order to meet a writing deadline.” — Sarah Gerdes Copy Share Image
I think all writers are different. I've been with a few writers; they're all different. — Rene Russo Copy Share Image
Jimmy Baldwin was not only a writer, an international literary figure: he was a man, spirit, voice - old and black and… — Amiri Baraka Copy Share Image
“Some people have the license to sin: Soldiers, to kill; politicians, writers, priests, businessmen, married man and women, to lie; and married… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
I've found for the last couple of years that the things that I can become most deeply involved with are songs that… — Neil Diamond Copy Share Image
“Always write with passion; with your mind and with your heart. Never forget who you are writing for, but don’t write just… — Monty Marsden Copy Share Image
The importance of writing in the breakdown of the bicameral voices is tremendously important. What had to be spoken is now silent… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
I think it's all to the good that a writer shouldn't be too famous. Because, in a country where a writer may… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
You've got to be willing to read other people's code, then write your own, then have other people review your code. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
One of my favorite writers is Michel de Montaigne. My wife gave me a beautiful 17th-century edition of Montaigne's essays translated by… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
When you start writing songs on your own, there's no Bible, there's no one around you, so you're just writing, and you're… — Jack Antonoff Copy Share Image
“Tomorrow I shall write something beautiful, something so serene that storms will rise suddenly and protest with ferocious screams. I shall write… — Tonny K. Brown Copy Share Image
Fairfield Porter who has been my model for art writing all along, said that if the most interesting thing about a work… — David Salle Copy Share Image
I ran through most of college and ran through most of grad school. When I was writing my dissertation for my Ph.D.,… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
My legs were kind of asleep and I slipped. With quick reflexes Stark caught me. This woke me up, the rush of… — Jade Copy Share Image
Don't force yourself to write. Some people can write a novel in a few months, whereas for others it can take over… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
I'm always writing. A friend of mine once said, 'You avoid re-writing by writing.' Which is kind of a good point, because… — Cameron Crowe Copy Share Image
My plays are always involved with society, but I'm writing about people, too, and it's clear over the years that audiences understand… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image