I recommend free writing in the morning and the evening as a type of mental shower. — Gabrielle Bernstein Copy Share Image
With writing and publishing, my only aim is to live in the aesthetic pleasure dome. — Ken Baumann Copy Share Image
It's my attempt to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them. — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
I fancy mankind may come, in time, to write all aphoristically, except in narrative; grow weary of preparation, and connection, and illustration,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If I'm writing a furiously angry scene, I have to consciously snap out of it when I shut down the computer, or… — Ruth Ware Copy Share Image
I've been interested in autism since I've known about it, which is more or less since I've been writing. — William Gibson Copy Share Image
My dad, being a jingle writer, and my mom, being a jingle singer, they hooked me up with some people when I… — Reeve Carney Copy Share Image
I look at my older writing to see where my weaknesses are and then I try to address those weaknesses and make… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I love story songs. It's just, for me, they're harder to write, and sometimes they sound too intended or something. — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
“Some people get offended with what I write. In their own little pathetic world, they truly believe I should apologize for being… — Daniel Marques Copy Share Image
When some English moralists write about the importance of having character, they appear to mean only the importance of having a dull… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
'Luther' is raw and brutal like 'Game Of Thrones,' but it's coincidence. If I'm drawn to anything, it would be the writing.… — Rose Leslie Copy Share Image
Generosity won't happen unless you make it a priority. The best way to make giving a priority is to make it the… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
A man starts upon a sudden, takes Pen, Ink, and Paper, and without ever having had a thought of it before, resolves… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
If I'm not in an environment where I can record, it's great to be able to write something down, to be able… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
Different people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in every moment, with every… — B. J. Novak Copy Share Image
Gustave Flaubert said, "Emma Bovary, c'est moi." It is not possible to write something you are not, but to have a new… — Lore Segal Copy Share Image
I don't know that I make a big distinction between the big pieces and the little pieces, because I don't experience them… — Philip Glass Copy Share Image
“It's best to have your tools with you. If you don't, you're apt to find something you didn't expect and get discouraged."… — Stephen King Copy Share Image