Updike was the first to take the penile sensorium under the wing of elaborate metaphorical prose. — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
Money writes books, money sells them. Give me not righteousness, O Lord, give me money, only money. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The more consistently Austrian School an economist is, the better a writer he will be. — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Writing ... is practically the only activity a person can do that is not competitive. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
The appeal of writing a romance was that I'd never written one before the The Thorn and The Blossom. — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
Well, in features, and in writing especially, it's often the style of the writer comes in. — Kurt Loder Copy Share Image
Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. — Proverb Copy Share Image
I have never felt inhibited in trying to write as well as the greatest English poets. — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
Even though I didn't write 'Shaun Of The Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz,' I never felt left out of the creative process. — Nick Frost Copy Share Image
“You know your heart and soul are stapled to that manuscript, but what we see are the words on the paper” — Teresa Nielsen Haydense Copy Share Image
It takes only a little space to write I LOST YOU. . . . But it will take whole of my life… — Mayurkumar Solanki Copy Share Image
I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
One major difference I observe between professional and amateur writers is that pros can take constructive criticism. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was in such a creative groove after turning in my last book (The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a… — Andy Cohen Copy Share Image
When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
Once you have your character sitting right there in your head, all you really need to do is wind them up, put… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
When I first decided to be a writer, that meant dealing with preoccupations and concerns that took little account of Indian traditions.… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
I think it's probably true that creative people are touched by melancholy more than the average person, and to the extent that… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
During the long drag of years before our youngest child went to school, my love for my family and my need to… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I've been acting for so long it's more like - I won't say easy, exactly, but there's not the same angst with… — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
“The hours spent forming a written work can make one obsessive, distracted, compulsive, and neurotic even, especially when it comes to those… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
I think I have probably adjusted the way I see the world, I interpret the world and I communicate the world into… — Jackie French Copy Share Image
Maybe I would have become an actor. I was a very outgoing kid, but being in the hospital - being outside of… — Brent Runyon Copy Share Image
Bloggers and other flavors of lone wolf are publishing heart-wrenching photo-essays from the front line of the recovery effort. Newspapers and TV… — Tim Bray Copy Share Image
