Writing Quotes · Page 452

For me, writing the 'X-Men' was easy - is easy. I know these people, they're my friends.

— Chris Claremont

I think watching TV has influenced my books, but I don't think writing TV has.

— Megan Abbott

Ambiguity is very interesting in writing; it's not very interesting in science.

— Janna Levin

“I write because I am a writer, not because I want to get anything out of it.”

— H Raven Rose

“A writer needs four things to achieve greatness, Pasquale: desire, disappointment, and the sea.”

— Jess Walter

“The best way to write is to let the words breathe onto the page from the soul.”

— Mary Krome

“A writer is like a stick of rock - the words go right through.”

— Sara Sheridan

A lot of writing's going down dead ends that don't go anywhere.

— Andrew Dominik

Everything that I write comes when it wants to, out of its own need and it dictates its form. I don't say,…

— Sandra Cisneros

the whole point of muck-raking, apart from all the jokes, is to try to do something about what you've been writing about.…

— Jessica Mitford

Writing is a business and should be practiced as such. On days when you think you can’t possibly write a line you…

— Anonymous

Ever since I was a child, I've been a huge comic and graphic novel fan, but I've never tried writing one before.

— Gillian Flynn

Two bones fell down my chimney and into the bedroom this morning. Hysterical thing to happen to a thriller writer. Murderous ravens…

— Tobsha Learner

I have no interest in ever making a movie I didn't write. If they were going to take my house away, then…

— John Waters

If you did not write every day, the poisons would accumulate and you would begin to die, or act crazy or both-you…

— Ray Bradbury

I'm writing the book to a children's musical. I got a note from the producers saying, "Can't you make it campier?" So…

— Charles Busch

I never write a tune before the lyrics. I get the lyrics and then I write around them. Some people write music…

— James Dean Bradfield

What a crippling art writing is, no body to it, no craft, really. It's all in the mind and you never see…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I'm not disciplined in terms of scheduling. I work best late at night, but I can't do that when I'm on a…

— Nick Antosca

I've got a lot of songs about having fun and partying, but it's a lot of work. Sometimes, I make 50 songs…

— Juicy J

In seventh grade I had a magical teacher, her name was Mrs. Fried. She wore only pink, she drove a pink Mustang,…

— Darren Aronofsky

I've always really loved big worlds and the kind of worldbuilding where you can open a portal into a new realm that…

— Victoria Aveyard

“We are storytellers with this one life we have been given. We are the main characters in this incredible story, and even…

— Courtney Westlake

My own feeling is that the only possible reason for engaging in the hard labor of writing a novel, is that one…

— May Sarton

All of my comedian friends are some of the best joke writers in the world.

— Ron White

It's harder to write a story with just two people in a room than with 50 characters.

— Michael Haneke

Writing is all about self-editing; it's all about being present being aware of what's happening

— Joan Armatrading

I'm a poet. I'm just a renaissance man in my heart. I can build shelves and I can write poetry.

— Anthony Mackie

“It's not often you find someone who is a good friend and good writer, Charlotte was both.”

— E

“Writing and prayer are both hopeful leaps into the darkness.”

— Ed Cyzewski

As a prose writer, I work with language; and those who work with language turn to poetry for renewal.

— Samuel R. Delany

“An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.”

— Gustave Flaubert

Work controls my life, writing controls my life, performing controls my life.

— Lemon Andersen

When writing the story of your life, don't let anyone else hold the pen.

— Mostafa A

The hardest thing is writing a recommendation for someone we know.

— Kin Hubbard

“If you write without reading, you will certainly have too many books without readers.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

Writing's like gambling. Unpredictable and sporadic successes make you more addicted, not less.

— M. John Harrison

At the most basic level, I appreciate writers who have something to say.

— Daniel Alarcon

It feels amazing to work with writers that write really well.

— Giancarlo Esposito

I like very much to read novels. I like very much some writers.

— Maurizio Sarri