'Ides of March' I did for scale - scale as a director, scale as an actor, scale as a writer. — George Clooney Copy Share Image
I didn't say I have to be a writer, but I did say that I needed to publish at least one book. — Tomi Adeyemi Copy Share Image
Songwriting as an art is a bit archaic now. Just writing a song is not good enough. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Without writing, I sometimes suspect there would be no such thing as love.” — Robert Kroetsch Copy Share Image
First and foremost, I am a writer. That's what I have spent my life doing. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
Whether you are inspired or not, the only way to unlock your creativity, is to start writing. — Jane Green Copy Share Image
“First, you have to think and think and think and think; then you have to force yourself to write it down.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have a period piece where you have to research around it but, if the writers have done their homework well… — Mads Mikkelsen Copy Share Image
I have sparred with commenters as a music writer (on The Rumpus, among other places, see e.g., my review about Taylor Swift),… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
You are the only reason I am still writing, I hope one day you read and understand how beautiful you are. — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
My husband really treats my writing like it's a job - and he reminds me of that when I have those low… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
I don't read other writers because I'm writing all the time. It's too disturbing to read a writer with a good style… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
Who knows whether in retirement I shall be tempted to the last infirmity of mundane minds, which is to write a book. — Geoffrey Fisher Copy Share Image
I tend to write songs critiquing myself. The best way for me to deal with stuff is to write a song about… — Ty Segall Copy Share Image
The diversion of baiting an author has the sanction of all ages and nations, and is more lawful than the sport of… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is worth remembering that every writer begins with a naively physical notion of what art is. A book for him or… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
When I was writing 'Southeastern,' I'd just recently gotten sober. For me, that was a major turning point in my life. It… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
I asked my media teacher, "You can make films out of sequence?" and he was like "Yeah! You can do whatever you… — Noel Clarke Copy Share Image
Well, I kind of approach both of them similarly in (that) I always see it as a movie first because that's my… — Michael Landon, Jr Copy Share Image
“Will found it funny that people balked at paying retail price for a book, something that a writer poured his or her… — Sean Platt Copy Share Image
Novels written by university professors and set in the groves of academe are far more rigidly predictable than anything but the most… — John Clute Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a book about poverty that wasn't only about the poor. I was looking for some sort of narrative… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
I like writing all different kinds of songs. I've wanted to run the gamut of artists. — Diane Warren Copy Share Image
Everything must be free to be written and published without restraint — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope to, some day, find something to say.” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
It is the best book ever written on the subject. There is nothing like it! — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I would love to write a book that opens people's eyes to the more interesting side. — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
In all the writers I admire, the common detonator is their courage to walk naked. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
What I write could only be called poetry because there is no other category to put it. — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
The three things that help writing the most are living, writing, and reading. In that order. — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
For my stand-up, I always have my notebook with me and if something strikes me, I'll write it down. — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are purely imaginary. — Franklin P. Adams Copy Share Image
