Writing Quotes · Page 451

The only thing that makes me crazier than writing is not writing.

— Sara Gruen

Because of what I do, it has to be an open book, but right now this is a book that is being…

— Kevin Hart

I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block, the problem is idea block

— Jeffery Deaver

Most rats read. Our frustration is, we cannot hold a pen to write.

— Suzanne Collins

I smiled, I waited, I was circumspect; O never, never, never write that I missed life or loving.

— Hilda Doolittle

“A writer is never alone, he is always with himself”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“To write, one only needs a pen. Of course, by pen I mean enclosure.”

— Heather McGowan

“I began to write again. I wrote just for the fuck of it.”

— Fred Leebron

When I graduated college I needed to make money while I was pursuing acting, so I read screenplays and made a living…

— Sasha Alexander

All of my wildness is in the writing. I have discovered I have to be orderly and boring in my personal life…

— Kate Zambreno

I read pretty eclectically - fiction, non-fiction, and poetry - and I've been inspired and influenced by a number of writers.

— Barry Eisler

The country will some day pay for the stupidities of those who were in the majority on this commission. They know as…

— Jimmy Doolittle

It's much easier to write a song for a musical than just writing a song because, writing for a musical, you know…

— Leslie Bricusse

I created a tone for network television that they hadn't really been seen before. And I have to admit that was really…

— Marc Cherry

Some of the best things that have happened in my stories have happened seemingly of their own accord. The writer becomes a…

— Will Hobbs

Write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I'm not sure…

— Neil Gaiman

I don't know where the shape of a poem comes from. I certainly don't impose it. I write out of a jumble…

— Michael Longley

“Ljudi ne provedu život u osrednjosti zato što su prosečni. Oni se tako ponašaju jer su zaboravili ko su zaista. Prihvatili su…

— Robin S. Sharma

Now I found it in writing sentences. You can write that sentence in a way that you would have written it last…

— Joseph Campbell

I think all writers are mainly writing for themselves because I believe that most writers are writing based on a need to…

— Amy Bloom

“Ho there, scribe. I see that you write well enough. Can you also read?' 'Obviously you cannot, boy,' he replied. 'For if…

— Theresa Breslin

I write a little plan for the day. I write down what time I need to get up to go to the…

— Helen Jenkins

“Writing is one of the best therapies that exist. Either on paper, computer, phone or tablet, in any form it is helpful.…

— Nico J. Genes

When talented people write badly, it's generally for one of two reasons: Either they're blinded by an idea they feel compelled to…

— Robert McKee

“It is not about being the loudest voice in the room; it’s about being the most genuine one.”

— Calvin Niles

Likewise, I see no shame in writing Captain America or Wolverine.

— Mark Millar

Everyone writes in Tolstoy's shadow, whether one feels oneself to be Tolstoyan or not.

— A. N. Wilson

My mother would say it is literally ghost writers who come to me.

— Amy Tan

“I do not believe in writing down to children but rather up to their intelligence.”

— D.L. Alexander

“Writing is like a muscle, the more you use it, the stronger it gets.”

— Avery Breyer

In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.

— Alexandre Dumas

It's a leap of faith doing any serialised storytelling.

— J. J. Abrams

I suppose I have an active imagination, and writing allows me to live it out.

— Richard Paul Evans

Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn't even write them down.

— Bob Goff

I'm not writing for myself. I'm writing as an educator, I'm writing to stimulate others.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“What I’m writing to you is not for reading— it’s for being.”

— Clarice Lispector

I am not a politics wonk. I like the idea of my writing reflecting more about who I am or other people.

— Peter Morgan

Many writers tend to write summing-up books at the end of their lives.

— V. S. Naipaul

“For me, I think it was a little easier to write thinking that nobody was listening.”

— Dan Kennedy

it's been my experience that most writers don't talk about their craft--they just do it

— Alfred Lansing