I find that writing is a constant battle with exactly the same problems you've always had. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The final lesson a writer learns is that everything can nourish the writer. — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
It was the marriage that was important; Jane Austen rarely even bothered to write about the wedding. — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
It usually helps me write by reading - somehow the reading gear in your head turns the writing gear. — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
Writers want recognition, audience, some corroboration that all those hours at the desk and in daydreams add up to something in the… — Alison Hawthorne Deming Copy Share Image
Well, I've been a big fan of comic books since I was a little kid. In fact, I used to write and… — Bill Mumy Copy Share Image
“I was seeing what a writer can do with the tatters of truth, the unfinished stories that give us no rest. ” — Patricia O'Brien Copy Share Image
So I had a ghostwriter, they call them, or somebody who is an experienced writer, to help. I've got the ideas in… — Bruce Boxleitner Copy Share Image
I sort of just wrote the songs, the way I wanted to write them, sing them the way I wanted to sing… — Johnny Reid Copy Share Image
I'm completely cricketed out. If I never have to write another word about cricket again, I'll be a happy man. — Joseph O'Neill Copy Share Image
I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I don't know how much a photograph can add to a biography, the way a film or writing or narrative medium could.… — Stephen Shore Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, my favorite movies were the George Pal version of 'War Of The Worlds,' 'Them,' and 'Invasion of… — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
There's still a part of me that thinks I have to write a really good novel. I'm not trying to say I'm… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
Creative work is often driven by pain. It may be that if you don't have something in the back of your head… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Like a pianist runs her fingers over the keys, I'll search my mind for what to say. Now, the poem may want… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I write a lot from instinct. But as you're writing out of instinct, once you reach a certain level as a songwriter,… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
I regret that there aren't more short stories in other magazines. But in a certain way, I think the disappearance of the… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
My father, a bookkeeper who never earned more than $11,000 a year in his life, sat there, writing out a $25 check… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
I've struggled seriously to make movies with very little money, that I write, that I direct, that mean my life to me.… — James Toback Copy Share Image
“Good a reason for writing as I know: releasing demons, letting them fly.” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
If you're going to write a memoir, try to be as honest and open as you can. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
When I went to Hong Kong, I knew at once I wanted to write a story set there. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Sometimes you make a connection with a writer or a piece of material, and there's not much to ask. — Peter Riegert Copy Share Image
“Writing is my life,a God given gift; no one on this planet can separate me from it.” — Euginia Herlihy Copy Share Image
I write books to relieve myself of pain. That's the prime motivator to write. Period. — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
“It ain't just about writing on some documents, author writes on to the readers' heart and mind.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
I'll probably continue writing songs about New York until I die. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
Money, money, all is money! Could you write even a penny novelette without money to put heart in you? — George Orwell Copy Share Image
There are favorable hours for reading a book, as for writing it. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
“It's just not as hot without biting, scratching, and spanking, involved.” — Jennifer Salaiz Copy Share Image
