Writing Quotes · Page 375

The definition of a writing career, is write a book, write another book, write another book

— Holly Lisle

I think the downside of the Internet is that speaking-or writing-has become the point in and of itself.

— Cate Blanchett

“To summarize a poem or put it into prose is quite simply to misunderstand the essence of an art.”

— Paul Valéry

The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.

— Flannery O'Connor

I get so sick and tired of Wikipedia. People write their own crap on there.

— Larry the Cable Guy

I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out.

— Beck

I'm good at being by myself. I guess if you're a writer you get used to that.

— Chuck Klosterman

Although there is no substitute for merit in writing, clarity comes closest to being one.

— E. B. White

I feel like every time I write a song, it feels like the first time I wrote a song. It's just as…

— Shawn Mendes

I am learning something new everyday, be it learning piano or enrolling myself for online courses, reading, writing or doing yoga.

— Radhika Madan

“Style is a sort of melody that comes into my sentences by itself. If a writer says what he has to say…

— George Bernard Shaw

I have admired Melissa Pritchard's writing for several years now for its wisdom, its humble elegance, and its earthy comedy.

— Rick Moody

I'm going to quit music. Then the government of Japan asked me to write a piano concerto - that was an offer…

— Yoshiki

I've been writing fiction as long as I've been writing poetry. It's just that the poetry took off, and it took me…

— Barbara Hamby

“It should be a matter of honour on the Left to write at least as well, without redundancy or clutter, as its…

— Perry Anderson

If you want to be a writer, you must be in love with the process of writing, whether you achieve financial success…

— Cinda Williams Chima

I think that very often younger writers don't appreciate how much hard work is involved in writing. The part of writing that's…

— Diane Ackerman

But we should ask the question: Why should a writer be more than a writer? Why should a writer be a guru?…

— Erica Jong

But once an idea for a novel seizes a writer...well, it’s like an inner fire that at first warms you and makes…

— Dean Koontz

When I am seriously composing, sometimes a phrase will come into my head, a catch phrase. When I was writing pop songs…

— Tom Glazer

It's a bit cliche, but you can't go wrong by writing what you know. Even if you're a horrible writer, your own…

— Issa Rae

I never even considered writing a career option. I just liked the play of words. I was certainly interested in story, but…

— Charles de Lint

I think the best thing I ever did was, years before I got the 'Late Night' show, when I first got out…

— Conan O'Brien

Universal empire is the prerogative of a writer. His concerns are with all mankind, and though he cannot command their obedience,he can…

— Thomas Paine

There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's books and write your own.

— Albert Einstein

If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.

— Yoko Ono

I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing.

— Eric Bogosian

You're gambling with something vital. Most writers get smashed egos.

— Norman Mailer

Forgive me for not writing but this man is exhausting.

— Wallis Simpson

I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write.

— Leonard Cohen

We are the authors of our own fate-we write it each day with every one of our actions.

— Félix J. Palma

A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.

— Abba Eban

“It's impossible to be a good writer if you haven't lived badly.”

— Ken Scott

“The truth is, he tired of criticism, tired of prose measured by the yard." --Disgrace”

— J.M. Coetzee

“I didn't write the rules, why should i follow them?”

— W. Eugene Smth

Reading is like breathing in, writing is like breathing out.

— Pam Allyn

People shout out for songs and I don't even remember writing them.

— Bobby Womack

I think you want to be writing about the world that we live in.

— Chris Chibnall

I don't even know how to Direct Message someone on Instagram. I still write letters.

— Margot Robbie

I love music more than anything, but writing was like my first love.

— Gracie Abrams