“Writers don't make peace with their past… They preserve the crumbs and weave stories around them” — Gaurav Sharma Copy Share Image
The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life. — Henry James Copy Share Image
I had thought of writing, actually, and that later on I'd be a novelist. — Francois Truffaut Copy Share Image
I was really into writing short fiction and also photography when I was a kid. — Sean Durkin Copy Share Image
When I am writing novels I don't read a lot of novels so I try to catch up in-between. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
We write the songs that we do because that's what we like. But they are just stories - not things we actually… — Jeff Hanneman Copy Share Image
I always sang. I wanted to be in a band with my sister, and I was, at 11. At 12, I started… — Cyndi Lauper Copy Share Image
Everyone says TV's going down the tubes, and it's all reality, but there's some really good writing and some amazing opportunities if… — Lindsay Price Copy Share Image
For me, writing a novel is like solving a puzzle. But I don't intend my novels as puzzles. I intend them as… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“I read a book, am vortexed in with no escape; my face contorts, eyelids frost, breath comes short, body longs, heart stop-starts.… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
I believe that it is my job not only to write books but to have them published. A book is like a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I remember, at MIT, we had to write an essay about something mathematical that you do in your extra time. I basically… — Payal Kadakia Copy Share Image
I think I'm able to do so much because writing is what I love to do. So, often when I have free… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
The solution to a problem - a story that you are unable to finish - is the problem. It isn't as if… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“We have learnt a lesson: words written in books, all of them, are lies. There are no exceptions. Words written on papers… — NisiOisiN Copy Share Image
For me, movies and television are interesting because they are the dominant storytelling form of our time. My first love will always… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
If you grow up in Ireland and read books then you really are obliged to attempt your own some time. It is… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
I didn't really see a way to make a living on the farm. I always loved writing. I was the guy who… — Joel Salatin Copy Share Image
“When I started writing I wanted the best tools. I skipped right over chisels on rocks, stylus on wet clay plates, quills… — John Varley Copy Share Image
For screenwriting, when you're writing, you're talking to hundreds - hundreds of people who might be interpreting what you're saying. When you're… — Travis Beacham Copy Share Image
Just because somebody hears something you say, or reads something that you write, doesn't mean you've reached them. With reading comprehension being… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
A painter paints, a musician plays, a writer writes - but a movie actor waits. — Mary Astor Copy Share Image
Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to endure the life of the writer. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Writing is an act of discovery in which you peel back the layers of the story as you write it down.” — Matt Forbeck Copy Share Image
The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I heard an angel speak last night/And he said, "Write!" — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
“no poet can know what his poem is going to be like until he has written it.” — W.H. Auden Copy Share Image
Lovers do all the talking and writing. What are the Beloveds thinking? — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
I must confess that when I'm alone in my study, here in New York, writing; that's when I'm happy. — James Lipton Copy Share Image
I want to sing something that I have written from scratch. How cool would that be. — Jonita Gandhi Copy Share Image
We have to make writing a viable career for all the people who get into this skill. — Quinta Brunson Copy Share Image
“I am, to my core, Canadian, so, by osmosis, everything I write reflects that upbringing.” — Elinor Florence Copy Share Image
