The ability to write and read books is one of the things that transformed us as a species. — James Gleick Copy Share Image
I started writing seriously about 1960, at the fairly advanced age of 30. — Fred Saberhagen Copy Share Image
I rarely listen to music while writing. I wish I could, but it distracts me. — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I make my living writing songs and, you know, I'm not a show biz kind of guy. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
“I've always found the Irish really attractive-they make wonderful writers and sexy firefighters, and if they didn't like the Red Socks they'd… — Julie Klausner Copy Share Image
“Number one rule for fiction: Coincidence can be used to worsen a character’s predicament, but never to solve his problems.” — Vivian Vande Velde Copy Share Image
Before you go to bed, write down three 'gratefuls' for the day and three 'did wells' (they can even include something as… — Carol Burnett Copy Share Image
One of the paradoxes of writing is that when you write non-fiction everyone tries to prove that it's wrong, and when you… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish. — Terry Southern Copy Share Image
You won't find a publisher until you have written the book and you won't find the time till you sit down, stay… — Carol Drinkwater Copy Share Image
Dictatorship and authentic literature are incompatible... The writer is the natural enemy of dictatorship. — Ismail Kadaré Copy Share Image
Sometimes one has the feeling of an almost supernatural character to the shifts and changes in our national mood. They appear beyond… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
“You bring the stars, and I'll give you the moon. Plot holes in novels are like pot holes that damage your car.… — Jen Hanson Copy Share Image
I started freelancing, writing op-eds and book reviews, one at a time. I then got the opportunity to write recurring freelance pieces… — Ari Melber Copy Share Image
The angels don't care what words you use. They appreciate the engraved, fancy prayers, but they say, "Just talk to us." You… — Doreen Virtue Copy Share Image
Fiction writers come up with some interesting metaphors when speaking of plot. Some say the plot is the highway and the characters… — James N. Frey Copy Share Image
I always do a lot of work around characters to make them real people because, oftentimes, they really are a sliver of… — Andrea Riseborough Copy Share Image
Too many writers think that all you need to do is write well-but that's only part of what a good book is.… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
We need deliberately to call to mind the joys of our journey. Perhaps we should try to write down the blessings of… — George Arthur Buttrick Copy Share Image
I want to write a score for a film. It can be a proper film, maybe for a film kind of like...… — Flume Copy Share Image
I think that was always my strength. I was never a great player, but I could write. — Fantastic Negrito Copy Share Image
Half the reason I turned into a writer is you didn't have to show up anywhere. You could work naked. — Jerry Stahl Copy Share Image
“also make ongoing written notes about my life. As it turned out, this was” — Cliff Harwin Copy Share Image
“There is only one person who needs to be convinced that you're a writer. That would be you.” — Tim Campbell Copy Share Image
I'm not an angry person. When I write, the lawyer in me tries to make it as easy to read as possible. — Joe Scarborough Copy Share Image
They say you hit your stride as a writer at about 50. I'm hoping to do that. — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as great writing - there is only great re-writing! — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I have written about 240 books and some short stories, too. It's taken me many years. — Eve Bunting Copy Share Image
It's much like writing a screenplay with someone else and that's how we view it, I think. — Christopher Darden Copy Share Image
I have notebooks all over the place. I write little stories for my cabaret. — Anne Reid Copy Share Image
I came to accept in myself a long time ago that I really do like writing articulate sociopaths. — Matt Nix Copy Share Image
“The written word isn't necessarily a chore but can be a window into new worlds” — Wes Moore - Bestselling author of The Other Wes Moore Copy Share Image
If you write songs long enough, you run out of material that's original to yourself. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
