I'm not a writer who refuses to talk about a book until I've finished. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing. — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
That's the essence of songcraft: making something everyone can understand yet it still sounds new. — Tristen Gaspadarek Copy Share Image
I'd rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous. — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
Always I try to write about people. People are interested in other people always. — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
I don't write poems to melt your heart. I write them, so our hearts can melt together. — Subhan Zein Copy Share Image
My real friends never hearin from me, fake friends write the wrong answers on the mirror for me — Drake Copy Share Image
Like, I kind of developed my musical style in a vacuum. Even though I listen to a lot of stuff, the way… — Liz Phair Copy Share Image
The highest reach of a news-writer is an empty Reasoning on Policy, and vain Conjectures on the public Management. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those educational resources, I felt… — Thomas Keneally Copy Share Image
When I look at commercial studios, I think, "Oh, they're all so nice and tidy," but it's because they don't actually write… — Aphex Twin Copy Share Image
I've been writing on my own. It's like Roger Miller used to say, every now and then, like a dog having puppies,… — Travis Tritt Copy Share Image
Just seeing the things on TV and the things in front of you, the amount of information coming in, and the lack… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
The first rule of improv is 'Never say no.' Use it when co-writing. To co-write, you need to be willing to be… — Chuck Cannon Copy Share Image
I started to write before I went to SUNY Purchase music conservatory. As an audition I submitted what I now think are… — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
I had decided to be a magician well before I decided to be a writer. I was the little boy who would… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Writing original songs is much, much harder (I think) because you only have yourself to conjure up EVERY single moment a listener… — Alex Goot Copy Share Image
“We never end up with the book we began writing. Characters twist it and turn it until they get the life that… — C.K. Webb Copy Share Image
Even the best critical writing on Emily Dickinson underestimates her. She is frightening. To come to her directly from Dante, Spenser, Blake,… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Any woman who wishes to be an intellectual, to write non-fiction, to deal with theory, faces a lot of discrimination coming her… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I don't think I was ever designed to be a ubiquitous worldwide star. I'm a singer-songwriter writing quite personal songs. You're not… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
“Writing isn’t my life…it’s a lovely part of my life... but it’s not my life. My life is family, friends, fishing, food…things… — Keri Hulme Copy Share Image
Stories open up new paths, sometimes send us back to old ones, and close off still others. Telling and listening to stories… — Arthur Kleinman Copy Share Image
I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to. — William Landay Copy Share Image
Find the key emotion; this may be all you need know to find your short story. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Writing is good, thinking is better. Being smart is good, being patient is better.” — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs — John Osborne Copy Share Image
After 'Where the Wild Things Are,' I guess I felt more confident as a writer. — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
My motivations are thinking I can write better songs, that the concerts can be better. — Enrique Iglesias Copy Share Image
“Everything before the written word was pre-text. From my book previously feared darkness” — Robert Priest Copy Share Image
Writing and performing should deepen the meaning of words, should illuminate, transfix and transform. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Shaping it is something I would expect to do together with a writer, because that's a director's job. — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
“I tried to write a coming of age novel, but I wasn't deep enough to get past the third chapter.” — Rick Robinson Copy Share Image
Whenever I write for hotel reservations, I always enclose a set of rules I have made for the hotels. — Ethel Waters Copy Share Image
