Writing Quotes · Page 471

“The greatest love stories are not written by the ink of the pen, but by the ink of the heart.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

We're writers. What do we do? We tell stories. We make up stories. We create art.

— Hector Tobar

My goal is to write books that are quality books with very real characters and a gripping plot.

— John Searles

I'm always writing, the past 10 years. A lot has changed, in that it's something I do every day.

— PJ Harvey

Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.

— Stephen King

Good writing is formed partly through plan and partly through accident.

— Ken Macrorie

“Anger gets you into trouble, ego keeps you in trouble.”

— Amit Kalantri

Stop it boy, Do not come and argue wit men. Im sick like Writer, So you can come and honor my Pen.

— JR Writer

The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded…

— Aharon Appelfeld

One of the convenient things about literature is that, despite copyrights [...] a book belongs to the reader as well as to…

— Anne Fadiman

I'm sharpest early, and though I can rewrite any time, day or night, I'm useless after noon when it comes to writing…

— Hallie Ephron

“No one has claim to originality in literature; all writers are more or less faithful amanuenses of the spirit, translators and annotators…

— James E. Irby

I don't care about the bare fact that anyone liked or didn't like a book or movie; they can only interest me…

— Michelle Dean

It's experiences in life that give us something to write about, and since good fiction is applied tension, you'll have an arsenal…

— Wendelin Van Draanen

Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and…

— Peter Benchley

Antonio Damasio is a distinguished neuroscientist with a flair for writing about science and an enthusiasm for philosophizing.

— Ian Hacking

I went out and started on my way up in television. I wrote music, I wrote books, I played an instrument half-ass.…

— Chuck Barris

I do extensive research before I begin writing, but only a fraction of the research goes into the novels. The writer does…

— Edward Rutherfurd

The reason why so few good books are written is, that so few people that can write know anything. In general an…

— Walter Bagehot

There are instances where lines in my work are borrowed or stolen from sources, mainly from books, or they become my own…

— Raymond Pettibon

The writers who reject tendentiousness and purpose in their work are the very ones who display it in every word they write.…

— Bjornstjerne Bjornson

I binge write, basically. I do a lot of prep, research, setup. I'll have a pretty detailed outline. Sort of like a…

— Cary Fukunaga

To write a book such as Tiger Bone & Rhino Horn is a formidable undertaking. You must accumulate thousands of facts and…

— Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Modern Arabic literature achieved international recognition when Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel prize in 1988 (…) Mahfouz also rendered Arabic literature a…

— Denys Johnson-Davies

You don't want to get that sort of sound in your writing that boing that gives you away.

— Garrison Keillor

I'm glad a genre writer has got a knighthood, but stunned that it was me.

— Terry Pratchett

Trust your imagination. Don't be afraid to fail. Write. Revise. Revise. Revise.

— Jeff VanderMeer

Let authors write for glory and reward. The truth is well paid when she is sung and heard.

— James J. Corbett

The most important story we'll ever write in life is our own-not with ink, but with our daily choices.

— Richard Paul Evans

“The Writer and Poet is excusable only if he is Successful. Makes Money.” Within”

— Linda Wagner-Martin

In Britain people might know me more for my comedy writing background, things like that.

— Charlie Brooker

A writer's inspiration is not just to create. He must eat three times a day.

— Pierre Beaumarchais

It's a post-modern classic written way before there was any modernism to be post about.

— Steve Coogan

I have no time to think about other writers. I am too busy with my own problems.

— Harper Lee

I was told many times that my writing was either too Korean - or not Korean enough.

— Min Jin Lee

I could use a writer to balance my flows. But I never share my thoughts, This is all a nigga knows.

— Drake

The reader is a friend, not an adversary, not a spectator.

— Jonathan Franzen

The reason I like writing a memoir is because it isn't preachy.

— Donald Miller

Paul just had a way about him that was different. I was really attracted to his writing.

— Shawn Crahan

God understands more about the financial markets than many who write about them.

— Jean-Claude Juncker