Factoring in millions of people when I'm writing a song is not a good idea. I don't ever do it. — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I don't write for children. I write, and somebody says, 'That's for children.' — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I think at the age of 50, everyone should write their own autobiography. — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
I'm a poet, first and foremost as a writer. That's who I am. That's what I'm most comfortable writing. — Dante Basco Copy Share Image
In writing if it takes over 30 minutes to write the first two paragraphs select another subject. — Raymond Aron Copy Share Image
Yeah, I shoot my mouth off. There's a huge difference between writing and thinking. — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
“If you schlep a shit job everyday, keep and feed a little secret life--whether it's writing, art, running, music, your thoughts. It's… — Don Roff Copy Share Image
I think that's great - I just try not to be one of those people. I find the more I think about… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I think writing is a difficult thing and you need to suffer a little bit, even if it's just to sit there… — Brian Helgeland Copy Share Image
Every book I write, the first thing I have to do is get into the voice, and the voice varies from book… — China Mieville Copy Share Image
As I've evolved in life my writing process has taken a turn. I'm inspired by everyday life. I could be in the… — Kelly Price Copy Share Image
I thought I’d been condescended to as an Indian - that was nothing compared to the condescension for writing Y.A. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that’s more than just entertainment-w hich is what we writers… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I wouldn't start writing songs like 'Name' all the time just because I thought that's what people wanted to hear. I'll write… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
When you work with people and are friends with them also, you have more of a shorthand. I think people relax more… — Andy Samberg Copy Share Image
I've always had a foot in everything. As a kid, I was active in sports and theater. Now, I'm learning I have… — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
It's a very different show because of the elements that we're putting in. There's so many different styles of comedy, but Mr.… — B. J. Porter Copy Share Image
As a writer, as a lyricist, you're just trying to make sure that you're not repeating yourself. And that's a danger for… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
Anxiety is so pervasive in my work, it's like it's not even a thing because it's always there. Like air. I have… — Gabrielle Bell Copy Share Image
What we're trying to do as writers is rescue, preserve this space of thoughtfulness of language, of a deeper and more honest… — Hector Tobar Copy Share Image
Reading is like breathing in and writing is like breathing out, and storytelling is what links both: it is the soul of… — Pam Allyn Copy Share Image
In everything I've written, the crime has always just been an occasion to write about other things. I don't have a picture… — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
You come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer. — Andre Balazs Copy Share Image
There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing. — Clarence Day Copy Share Image
“If a book can save—redeem us from the mediocrity of the mundane—surely, there must be a God.” — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“if you want to be a great writer, you have to be a greed reader.” — Imelda Akmal Architectural Writer Copy Share Image
“Laughing in my ear is a muse amused by how I paint her whims on paper with silly words.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
If you are a good editor, your relationship with every writer is different. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
A writer's work may be a coded autobiography, but only a very close friend could decipher it. — Nina Bawden Copy Share Image
Writing is the one art form that really should allow you to hang yourself. — Peter Sotos Copy Share Image
Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame. — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
I have always aspired to be a writer, be it as an author or a screenwriter, whatever the medium. — Kanika Dhillon Copy Share Image
Women who are inclined to write poetry at all are inspired by being mad at something. — Amy Clampitt Copy Share Image
“Coffee is for writing and tea is for editing. I don't know why but it just is.” — C.E. Wilson Copy Share Image
