“Writing a novel is just like life ... it's only in the doing of it that I find out what works.” — Angela Young Copy Share Image
Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent. — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
Your mind burns a lot of calories. Writing can feel like a physical workout. — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
When I make a film - I direct my own film, I write my own script - that's what I want to… — Jackie Chan Copy Share Image
When I'm blogging, I think book writing is easier and vice versa. Writing is lonely work, and the good thing about blogging… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
I believe that a writer has to tell what they think is the truth in a human experience. The truth of the… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
“Writers searching for their voice: Whatever you're afraid to say, whatever burns inside you, say it with conviction. You don't need a… — Gregor Collins Copy Share Image
It was very important to me to choose a director like Gary [Ross], whose instincts come from character, who's a storyteller, and… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
“My fingers burn behind the keys of my typewriter, the lettering fading with every thoughtful strike. The many words I write I… — A.K. Kuykendall Copy Share Image
In dramatic writing, the very essence is character change. The character at the end is not the same as he was at… — Robert Towne Copy Share Image
President Clinton signed a $10 million deal to write a book by 2003. Isn't that amazing? Yes, and get this, not only… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Openness by the leader paves the way for ownership by the people. Without ownership, changes will be short term. Changing people's habits… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I'd advise all you songwriters out there, if you're getting into it for the business, go home and get a job digging… — Butch Hancock Copy Share Image
Scholarship aimed at truly understanding what the biblical writers meant often does not filter down into the church and through the pulpit… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
“Good writing, on the other hand, teaches the learning writer about style, graceful narration, plot development, the creation of believable characters, and… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The Booker triumph of Graham Swift's moving, effortlessly profound Last Orders is a vindication of the quiet, much-misunderstood path this fine writer… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I still enjoy the process of writing. If I ever feel like I am going through the motions because I can sell… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
“With my guitar, I could write my own stories, my own poems, and my own destiny. No one could take away the… — Christine Zolendz Copy Share Image
Well it's been about 100 years and every attempt at a comics writers' union has failed miserably. There is, sadly, a long… — Brian Michael Bendis Copy Share Image
When writing the story of your life, don't let someone else hold the pen. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I subscribe to about 200 blogs. I look for insights and good writing, and I look to get smarter. — Evan Williams Copy Share Image
The writer presents himself to the blank page not with an open passport but an open heart. — Taiye Selasi Copy Share Image
You can't be too old to be a writer, but you can definitely be too young! — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
Just because suddenly you have a sabbatical doesn't mean that the writing occasion comes to you. — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
Isolated in the oncology ward, I began to think about my dream to become a writer. — Suleika Jaouad Copy Share Image
I like Hemingway and I like a lot Jewish writers (such as) Saul Bellow. — Wesley Clark Copy Share Image
I write only because There is a voice within me That will not be still — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Copy Share Image
My writing has a lot to do with who I am, and what my life is like, and my relationships to people. — Paul Thomas Anderson Copy Share Image
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