If my story were ever to be written truthfully from start to finish, it would amaze everyone. — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
My mother wanted me to be a writer, which I have ended up taking a long road round to. — Mick Foley Copy Share Image
All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Please think about your legacy, because you're writing it every day. — Gary Vaynerchuk Copy Share Image
My publisher, who was so good as a taster and editor, when she became a writer, lo and behold, it was all… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
I'm not the kind of guy who sits around at home and writes songs. Once in a while I'll pick up a… — Scott Ian Copy Share Image
Free voluntary reading results in better reading comprehension, writing style, vocabulary, spelling, and grammatical development — Stephen D. Krashen Copy Share Image
I read a lot of F. Scott Fitzgerald. I love 'Tender is the Night,' and its atmosphere of doomed romance. He was… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
There are certain things I couldn't write because they're not intrinsic to my beliefs. For instance, I couldn't write a hero or… — Lori Foster Copy Share Image
Do not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same: leave it to our bureaucrats and our… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
When I write about my childhood I think, oh my God, how did I ever get from there to here? Not that… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
But the French writers always had more originality and independence than others, and that regulator, which elsewhere was religion, long since ceased… — Henryk Sienkiewicz Copy Share Image
I never stopped writing. I started writing when I was twelve years of age. And I was writing all the time. But… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups moonlight as support… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Many have been deceived by outward appearances and have proceeded to write and teach about good works and how they justify without… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I enjoy writing for both kids and adults, though I think I'm better at children's stories because I was a teacher for… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I used to forget that I was an Indian woman. I would even forget that I was a woman. I don't think… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Jazz is very important. It's not something I can put my finger on. When I'm writing at my favorite time, I like… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
The earliest known writing probably emerged in southern Mesopotamia around 5,000 years ago, but for most of recorded history, reading and writing… — Tom Chatfield Copy Share Image
I think suspense should be like any other color on a writer's palette. I suppose I'm in the minority but I think… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
What's the trick to writing a genuinely funny comedy? The trick is therapy. Take notes. — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness. — John Cheever Copy Share Image
A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
“Anybody can write a book. But writing it well and making it sell - that's the hard part.” — Jay Taylor Copy Share Image
“Ideas are cheap. Writing them into a freakin' 90k word novel is the hard part.” — Ellie Ann Copy Share Image
“You do not write your life with words, the monster said. You write it with actions.” — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
Writing is like mining for gold hidden in the hillsides of your mind. — David Baboulene Copy Share Image
The only time I was ever approached to write a book was when I was most famous. — Justine Bateman Copy Share Image
Warfare is the father of all good things, it is also the father of good prose! — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I have to confess that I don't read much of what is written about me. — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
I write, not for children,but for the child-like, whether they be of five, or fifty, or seventy-five. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India. — Kiran Desai Copy Share Image
I just like to write stories about people who survive even very difficult, impossible things. — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
