No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader. — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
“The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.” — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
“I write thrillers for the same reason that people read them – it's escapism.” — Ken McClure Copy Share Image
It is only through the confining act of writing that the immensity of the nonwritten becomes legible — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“When writing feels like jumping a cliff, grab the nearest pen!” — Susan J. McIntire Copy Share Image
What I adore is supreme professionalism. I’m bored by writers who can write only when it’s raining. — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
I just feel that if people write about a film, then they should also write about audience's response. — Prabhu Deva Copy Share Image
Coming back is the thing that enables you to see how all the dots in your life are connected. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
I tend to write about more than one generation because as a child I had contact with more than one generation; it… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
It seems that writing chose me. I feel that because I know history, and I know the history of so many cultures;… — Maxine Hong Kingston Copy Share Image
In real life, I'm not the center of attention; I'm in the back, and I listen. So when it comes to writing,… — Little Simz Copy Share Image
Sometimes fear grips me that these fragile moments of life will fade away. It seems that I write against erasure. — Assia Djebar Copy Share Image
I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
The core of literature is the idea of tragedy... You don't really learn much from the good things that happen to you. — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Well, to aspiring writers, I would tell them that we live in a wonderful time where you're able to make your work… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
Writing about our mistakes turns the stupid stuff we've done and cringed over for years into a sort of do's-and-don'ts guide for… — Karen Kilgariff Copy Share Image
“First love is all sensation and ambient zooms, and letting the world ebb. Like writing, occasionally, it feels combustive. Greedy. It’s unsophisticated… — Durga Chew-Bose Copy Share Image
With engaging prose, Engelman takes readers on a delightful journey?that both entertains and educates ? of modern civilization and women's central role… — Geeta Rao Gupta Copy Share Image
My worlds are completely different. Painting is a peaceful world, and it's a different vibe than having a great match. You are… — Jeff Hardy Copy Share Image
A lot of my books have been that way. My World War II thriller about Sarin gas [Black Cross] was published two… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
Life isn't so complicated for children. They have more time to think about the really important things. That's why I occasionally moralise… — Nina Bawden Copy Share Image
One thing that helps is to give myself permission to write badly. I tell myself that I'm going to do my five… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
Scandal often does as much harm to the listeners as to those who devise it, even if it were to do no… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
When I started out doing comedy, I was still in college and was working day jobs. I taught preschool for a few… — Josh Gondelman Copy Share Image
Narrative prose is a legal wife, while drama is a posturing, boisterous, cheeky and wearisome mistress. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
I'd much rather do an obviously commercial writing project than get a day job. — Poppy Z. Brite Copy Share Image
My purpose is to entertain myself first and other people secondly. — John D. MacDonald Copy Share Image
“I write, like anybody else, about how it is to be human." -- Mark Merlis” — Arlie Corday Copy Share Image
You become a writer because you need to become a writer - nothing else. — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
For a successful writer, the secret is to have many irons in the fire. Write the next thing. — Jon Spaihts Copy Share Image
The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns. — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
I'm a humor writer, so I don't always present myself in the best light. — Jen Lancaster Copy Share Image
No matter how much money I made from writing, I'd keep the bookstore job. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
I had to learn a skill set. I think I had the materials to be a good comedy writer. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
When I'm directing, I'm pretty much not writing, but when I'm not directing I am writing a lot. — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
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