“Writing is my life,a God given gift; no one on this planet can separate me from it.” — Euginia Herlihy Copy Share Image
I write books to relieve myself of pain. That's the prime motivator to write. Period. — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
Sometimes you make a connection with a writer or a piece of material, and there's not much to ask. — Peter Riegert Copy Share Image
When I went to Hong Kong, I knew at once I wanted to write a story set there. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Writing was my real life and I was more at home with the people of my imagination than with the best I… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
Men must speak English who can write Sanskrit; they must speak a modern language who write, perchance, an ancient and universal one. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I am an improviser, ... I improvise music. Whatever you want to call it all, it is all improvised music. I may… — Joe Zawinul Copy Share Image
Censor the body and you censor breath and speech at the same time. Write yourself. Your body must be heard. — Helene Cixous Copy Share Image
“What monster sleeps in the deep of your story? You need a monster. Without a monster there is no story.” — Billy Marshall Stoneking Copy Share Image
If you write in the paper 'Lee stinks,' that's not going to affect me. I'll just laugh. And if you write 'Derrek… — Derrek Lee Copy Share Image
For me, writing has always come out of living a fairly to-the-bone kind of life, just really being present to a lot… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“I wake up knowing that there is hope and patience. Every morning I wake up, I surrender myself to the Beautiful universe… — Jawed 's Copy Share Image
That's what I like about musical theater, is that it's very collaborative, not just with the writers, but with the director and… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I got the idea that to write books would be the best way to spend a life. I never thought of anything… — Frances Mayes Copy Share Image
Ive written stuff before, and Im actually looking to put together a couple of producing projects that I hope to shoot during… — Joe Manganiello Copy Share Image
I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
When I start to write a song, I have the words and I have the melody, and then it's just a matter… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
“The setting sun threatened to consume me—it could have, you know. It would have been a beautiful death with an honorable eulogy:… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
I made some shorts that I'm not in. I think because I write so many short stories, it's not that hard to… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
Saying you're a pop group isn't saying very much. Personally, when I think of pop, I think of instant, accessible, catchy songs… — Ed MacFarlane Copy Share Image
It usually helps me write by reading - somehow the reading gear in your head turns the writing gear. — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
“Good a reason for writing as I know: releasing demons, letting them fly.” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
If you're going to write a memoir, try to be as honest and open as you can. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
It's the stories that make my heart beat faster ...those are the ones to write about — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
I find that writing is a constant battle with exactly the same problems you've always had. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The final lesson a writer learns is that everything can nourish the writer. — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
It was the marriage that was important; Jane Austen rarely even bothered to write about the wedding. — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“I wonder if you ever read my poems and wish they were written for you.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
I sometimes don't know what I'm writing when I start writing it, on some level. — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer. — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
