Writing Quotes · Page 414

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— Sujit Lalwani

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“I'm not sure if I write because I am crazy, or I'm crazy because I write.”

— Wendy Stanphill

“A good writer is a word fertilizer, a thought sanitizer...”

— Anonymous

To live is to war with trolls in heart and woul. To write is to sit in judgement on oneself.

— Henrik Ibsen

I think it's up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.

— Aaron Sorkin

It's fun to write your set list 20 minutes before and keep the crew very much on their toes.

— Tori Amos

If I knew words enough, I could write the longest love letter in the world and never get tired

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I just write characters, and somehow they happen to be a boy and a girl. When the story is put together, and…

— Imtiaz Ali

If I could write the beauty of your eyes And in fresh numbers number all your graces, The age to come would…

— William Shakespeare

You do an awful lot of bad writing in order to do any good writing. Incredibly bad. I think it would be…

— William S. Burroughs

Since I make my living as a literary journalist, not a book scout, I spend inordinate amounts of time either reading or…

— Michael Dirda

The whole world of 'Game of Thrones' was realized with such detail, with directors and writers who really geeked out and really…

— Harry Lloyd

I would rather write something that's authentic to me than something that'll be likely to get played on the radio but doesn't…

— Lauren Mayberry

Honestly, my sales pitch when I was a kid was, 'You don't want these Girl Scout cookies, do you?' If I had…

— Jincy Willett

I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is either lying or being foolish.

— Michael Koryta

Write on your doors the saying wise and old. "Be bold!" and everywhere - "Be bold; Be not too bold!" Yet better…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“We writers are the worst kind of cruel, Because we worship our own stories and poems, And what human can compete with…

— Sherman Alexie

I want to go on living even after my death! And therefore I am grateful to God for this gift, this possibility…

— Anne Frank

I always thought that I was a terrible writer. And I started to write songs. And I started to like what I…

— Marion Cotillard

“That was when Angel Wells became a fiction writer, whether he knew it or not. That's when he learned how to make…

— John Irving

When I was coming up, I was, and am, producing, mixing, mastering, and writing everything. I would say that all the time.…

— Russ

“I find it very disturbing to be advertised, as I have noticed that it is the advertised authors that stink. I am…

— E. B. White

The silver lining of those years when I was trying to get 'Tinkers' published but couldn't were the years when I had…

— Paul Harding

I would love to be able to write a tragedy in my imagination--it would turn into a masterpiece.

— Franz Grillparzer

When it comes to people -- don't write about who you know; but what you know of human nature.

— Candace Bushnell

A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.

— Irwin Shaw

You know, we should have cards like the deaf have. "Can't talk, I'm writing today."

— Sandra Cisneros

I know it's a cliché to say I write for myself, but I write for myself.

— John Darnielle

I write songs for people who drive in cars. I really do.

— Melissa Etheridge

“You write your best music when you’re dealing with something. Get it out, dude.”

— Bella Jeanisse

George Orwell is a pinnacle writer, for his combination of moral insight and literary writing.

— Atul Gawande

When you compose, it's like writing. You're like a writer. You just think all the time.

— Alexandre Desplat

Between us and the writers, it was comedy hour the whole time. We could hardly get through it.

— Buddy Rice

If I were really fluent and born into the English language, I would probably become a greater writer.

— Chath Piersath

“Stories change us; they change the world. People are stories of themselves.”

— Karen Healey

I have written some poetry that I don't understand myself.

— Carl Sandburg

He regarded himself as an accomplished writer — a clear sign of madness in anyone.

— Paul Theroux

The greatest gift anyone can give to a writer is time.

— Edwidge Danticat

Miloš Forman is a great director; Jim Brooks is a wonderful writer and director.

— Twyla Tharp