“it was better written than 50 Shades of I Can’t Write for Shit.” — Michael Finocchiaro Copy Share Image
I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work. — James McBride Copy Share Image
I don't think I could write about someone I didn't feel some sympathy for. — Stef Penney Copy Share Image
A pure style in writing results from the rejection of everything superfluous. — Suzanne Curchod Copy Share Image
In general, what is written must be easy to read and easy to speak; which is the same. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“I’ve learned to fall like the BJJ player, to protect the body through controlling the distribution of force by slapping the mat… — Cameron Conaway Copy Share Image
My mode as a writer is to layer different perspectives: the scientific, the philosophical, the political, the journalistic. When you layer them,… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
I don't go out of my way to write Weird Fiction, or in any other genre. Some of my stuff easily slips… — Karin Tidbeck Copy Share Image
In every writers' room I've been in, the first 15-20 minutes of the day are spent discussing water cooler moments from last… — Sallie Patrick Copy Share Image
I organize a chess festival in Hungary. I support chess in schools, and I have my own chess foundation. And I started… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
“Whitman's poems present no trace of rhyme, save in a couple or so of chance instances. Parts of them, indeed, may be… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent. — Marguerite Young Copy Share Image
When I write on Twitter, I do other things: I'm working, grading, or reading, and I'm procrastinating, and I'll pop on Twitter… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
It's interesting when you're doing signing sessions with other writers and you look at the queues at each table and you can… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
To turn experience into speech - that is, to classify, to categorize, to conceptualize, to grammarize, to syntactify it - is always… — John Barth Copy Share Image
As far as poetry, I don't know if I've ever written any. I've read a lot. I just write and it comes… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Any magazine-cover hack can splash paint around wildly and call it a nightmare, or a witches sabbath or a portrait of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Name the book that made the biggest impression on you. I bet you read it before you hit puberty. In the time… — Gary Paulsen Copy Share Image
My website inspired me to create my book club and provides me with a creative outlet where I can write about things… — Lauren Conrad Copy Share Image
Scheherazade, of course, was always in the back of my mind, because she's also a storyteller identified as female who tells a… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
I never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
To rage, to lust, to write to, to commend, All is the purlieu of the god of love. — John Donne Copy Share Image
“They are so beautiful: your words" she told me. And I said "No, you are!” — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
Ultimately, writing is about trusting your own mind. It is an act of discovery. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make.” — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning and inhibit clarity.” — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
To me, writing is a personal thing; I write super-personal, autobiographically. — Troye Sivan Copy Share Image
Like so many writers I started writing stories because I didn't have much time for anything else. — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
Always remember that if editors were so damned smart, they would know how to dress. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Look at the scope of writers who sell stuff. I'm at the very top of the power curve in terms of sales. — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
They say living well is the best revenge but sometimes writing well is even better. — James Franco Copy Share Image
What's this business of being a writer. It's just putting one word after another. — Irving Thalberg Copy Share Image
I always serve the writer first because I'm English trained, even though I'm American. — Robert Englund Copy Share Image
