I can't work out much about myself or what I see in the world around me unless I do it through writing. — Kathryn Harrison Copy Share Image
“he said everyone had a book, or a writer, that was the key to their life” — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
Ours is a culture and a time immensely rich in trash as it is in treasures. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Whether you are inspired or not, the only way to unlock your creativity, is to start writing. — Jane Green Copy Share Image
First and foremost, I am a writer. That's what I have spent my life doing. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
'Ides of March' I did for scale - scale as a director, scale as an actor, scale as a writer. — George Clooney Copy Share Image
I didn't say I have to be a writer, but I did say that I needed to publish at least one book. — Tomi Adeyemi Copy Share Image
“All I require of a translator is that he or she be a more gifted writer than I am, and in at… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I'd love to collaborate and write a song with Will Gallagher from Oasis. I think he's a great songwriter. — Taylor Momsen Copy Share Image
I had given up on being beautiful. But I thought I could kind of inspire boys to write songs about me. So… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
One of the problems I have with many writers is their stories are all somewhat similar. They might be very good, but… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
I've known Shawn for several years. And he's just an amazing talent. He's a great writer, a marvelous, marvelous guitar player, and… — Guy Clark Copy Share Image
I want to just go to places where writers don't usually go, where people like me don't usually show up, and say,… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
For myself, I feel more natural writing stories or novels than writing plays. I feel more like myself, like I can express… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
Some few there must be in every age and every land of whom life claims nothing very insistently save that they write… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
At the very beginning when I begin writing a poem I try not to think of the audience or anyone at all… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
I just think I'm a narcissist, really! I guess when I write albums, they take a huge amount of time out of… — Conor O'Brien Copy Share Image
I wonder if books become in essence "files" if people wouldn't write them differently. I'm used to writing print books and I… — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The desk thing is a problem for me. The ideal one would be vast and perfectly clear. Yet the bane of the… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
I was chastised for writing several obituaries for Malcolm X, exploring different aspects of his writing. One teacher in particular told me,… — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
“The writer’s obsessions are twofold. First, communicate their thoughts onto paper with a great degree of precision in order accurately to express… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Songwriting as an art is a bit archaic now. Just writing a song is not good enough. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Without writing, I sometimes suspect there would be no such thing as love.” — Robert Kroetsch Copy Share Image
I write about my feelings, things that happen in my life and experiences. — Aaron Carter Copy Share Image
“I read to escape...I write to help others escape... --Howard Hopkins, Author of The Chloe Files” — Howard Hopkins Copy Share Image
A writer is someone who has found a process that will bring about new things. — William Stafford Copy Share Image
Authors are magpies, echoing each other's words and seizing avidly on anything that glitters. — Bergen Evans Copy Share Image
I don't finish every story, but I probably write and send out three out of five of them. — Robert Sheckley Copy Share Image
