“A novel is no different than graffiti in a bathroom stall, it's just more pretentious.” — Christy Leigh Stewart Copy Share Image
Dogs with broken legs are shot; men with broken souls write through the night. — Kenneth Patchen Copy Share Image
Toni Cade Bambara said: “Writing is the way I participate in the struggle.” — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
“writing crystallizes thinking and distills meaning, and bridges the gap between the conscious and the unconscious.” — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
When I write lyrics, I really do go into an automatic folk appropriation mode... I see the vernacular register of 20th century… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
People who are more than casually interested in computers should have at least some idea of what the underlying hardware is like.… — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
“@bobbybaird i'm a writer, so are you. we try to compose our thoughts and words for effect as well as sense. vain… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
Directing is such a crucial part of the writing process; you start directing and you see what does not work. "Oh, God,… — Conor McPherson Copy Share Image
I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after… — Anita Diament Copy Share Image
It seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may be afterwards censured, than it would be… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I love Twitter. It doesn't keep me from writing and I think it's a really convenient scapegoat when the truth is that… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“The primeval “pen,” for instance, is light, and the writing on the well- guarded tablet is a light of God, as the… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
The fighter (like the writer) must stand alone. If he loses he cannot call an executive conference and throw off on a… — A. J. Liebling Copy Share Image
I think I was also afraid of the novel. I write line by line, proceeding at snail's pace, rewriting as I go… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
“In a 16-episode series titled “Clan of the Fiery Cross,” the writers pitted the Man of Steel against the men in white… — Will Pearson Copy Share Image
I was writing the kind of comic that would make me, at age 26 or 27, go down to a comic book… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
But, because my private lectures and domestic pupils are a great hinderance and intteruption of my studies, I wish to live entirely… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
“It's hard to see what the problem is. Language speakers and writers have always been inventive, and texting is just one further… — Jean Aitchison Copy Share Image
All my songs come from me because I only seem able to write about myself and my experiences. — Laura Marling Copy Share Image
I don't really consider myself a writer, but I am writing so I guess I'm a writer. — Meital Dohan Copy Share Image
I was writing and cartooning and writing short stories from grade school on. — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
A writer takes his pen. To write the words again. That all in love is fair. — Matt Belsante Copy Share Image
I do love to dance, and that's fun, but I will never stop writing my quiet, sensitive songs. — Alison Sudol Copy Share Image
“Writing is easy. Writing is hard. It's a breeze and a struggle, just like life.” — Dennis R. Miller Copy Share Image
I'd never written a song before 'The Blood'; I didn't know it was going to be a song. — Andrae Crouch Copy Share Image
I think that you certainly don't have to be aged and travel the world to write a poem. — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
