“Writing historical fiction is a legitimate use of Multiple Personality disorder.” — Peggy Ullman Bell Copy Share Image
Of the 60 movies I wrote, more than half were written in two weeks or less. — Ben Hecht Copy Share Image
If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Writing is hard, but the more you write, and enjoy what you write, the better it gets. — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
A writer’s life is in his work, and that is the place to find him. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“It's like John Lennon writing with... Taylor Swift instead of Paul McCartney.” — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
Writing can make you feel a bit psychotic. You create a world, and you're sitting inside it all day long, talking to… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
I’m only able to write poetry, for the most part, when I have a Muse, a woman who focuses the world for… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
I've written poetry since I was in the first grade, and it wasn't until I was a little bit older that I… — Jordin Sparks Copy Share Image
What surprised me most while writing 'The Monogram Murders' was that everything I needed seemed to arrive in my head exactly when… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
Writing down goals makes you think of what is achievable. It really makes you reflect on what you are today. — Natalia Vodianova Copy Share Image
Unless I am both capable of and willing to reopen the wound every time I write a song, if I choose to… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
“Books feel more intimate. And the people who go out of their way to read your writings, are initially more open to… — Robin S. Baker Copy Share Image
I think it's more about trying to just focus exclusively on writing music and making that a viable, sustainable lifestyle. It's difficult… — Alan Palomo Copy Share Image
Generations from now, when historians write about these times, they might note that, in the early decades of the twenty-first century, the… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
Anybody can find out if he is a writer. If he were a writer, when he tried to write of some particular… — Maxwell Perkins Copy Share Image
My father, Norman Mailer, expected a lot from us and he really pushed us and you know one of his favorite lines… — John Buffalo Mailer Copy Share Image
The Night Journal received two awards that I'm terribly proud of - -the Spur from Western Writers of America, and the Willa… — Elizabeth Crook Copy Share Image
If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope of money at the end of it,… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
“Great Literature is help for humans. It is medicine of the highest order. In a more aware culture, writers would be considered… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I started going out with one of my managers and he really grew me up in a lot of ways. He introduced… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
I think all of us begin as writers. I wanted to be a writer from the time I as eight, long before… — Gary Giddins Copy Share Image
Those mad at me, writing emails angrily, Im not anti-America, America is anti-me. — Lowkey Copy Share Image
People write memoirs - this is my take, anyway - out of a great sense of self-importance. — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
I am a disciplined person. When I am writing, I write for 7-8 hours. — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
Kill the idea of the lone, suffering artist. Don't make it any harder on yourself. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
But with writers, there's nothing wrong with melancholy. It's an important color in writing. — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components, — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to write about a nanny, but it was difficult for me to find a narrative rhythm. — Leila Slimani Copy Share Image
“In modern times couples are more concerned about loyalty than love.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Interviewing Hugh McIlvanney, I got to read lots of his stuff again. I'm a big fan of his writing. — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot of writers that can get away with not being gifted with words. — Evanna Lynch Copy Share Image
“For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.” — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
