Writing Quotes · Page 518

It is by women that nature writes on the hearts of men.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

At first glance it may appear too hard. Look again. Always look again.

— Mary Anne Radmacher

Every misused word revenges itself forever upon a writer's reputation.

— Agnes Repplier

My eyes glaze over at a writer solving tiny problems.

— Doris Grumbach

I know I have to write about the things that keep me awake at night.

— Barbara Kingsolver

I love just being an actor. I love writing, but I'm not a writer. I have no aspirations to direct.

— Charlie Weber

Just write a little bit every day. Even if it's for only half an hour — write, write, write.

— Madeleine L'Engle

Whatever part drink may play in the writer's life, it must play none in his or her work.

— Kingsley Amis

When a guy writes a scene where a woman does a deviant sex act on camera, it's objectifying. But when a woman…

— Whitney Cummings

The first and perhaps the most important requirement for a successful writing performance - and writing is a performance, like singing an…

— Stephen Greenblatt

I love what I call "re-imagining," where I throw everything up in the air and let it fall in a different way.…

— Megan Chance

Once an interesting idea or theme occurs to me then I would want to write a poem about it. The rest, frankly,…

— Ama Ata Aidoo

“You can read until you’re blue in the face, but I’d recommend writing until you’re red in the face. And ass.”

— Jarod Kintz

Follow the path of your aroused thought, and you will soon meet this infernal inscription: There is nothing so beautiful as that…

— Paul Valery

For my money, there are no more fascinating, hard-working, vulnerable creatures on earth than writers. Every day, they lay their souls out…

— Faith Sullivan

Romance novels are my favorite books to read. I write young adult romances, and am so happy to be promoting this wonderful…

— Simone Elkeles

Eventually I would like to reach the stage where I don't have to write about love and kisses and all that stuff.…

— Eric Burdon

“You once said that you would like to sit beside me while I write. Listen, in that case I could not write…

— Franz Kafka

Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing - none of that is writing. Writing…

— E. L. Doctorow

I think a lot about the poems I wasn't able to write...I masturbrated...Solitude is essentially a matter of pride; you bury yourself…

— Orhan Pamuk

Writing has been an important exercise to clarify what I believe, what I see, what I care about, what my deepest values…

— Barack Obama

I didn't know the term 'synesthesia' until I was working on 'Cruel Summer.' Halfway into writing that, I really understood that, my…

— Kanye West

Writing let me escape... It let me escape the insistent tug of my family, and its ongoing misery. Sitting in front of…

— Jennifer Weiner

There was no real strategic decision about editorial tone. It was kind of a write whatever you want to write, and we'll…

— Jessica Valenti

I write for the love of writing. If I never published another book, I would still be writing stories.

— Christine Feehan

The writers who have nothing to say, are the ones you can buy, the others have too high a price.

— Walter Lippmann

I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.

— Wally Lamb

If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I want to write.

— Laurence Housman

I have written ever since I knew mechanically how to do it.

— Eleanor Catton

When it comes to writing, I don't want to cheat the people. I don't wanna rush that.

— Deon Cole

“Writing is more about telling other peoples' stories than your own”

— Carla H. Krueger

A country that does not know how to read and write is easy to deceive.

— Che Guevara

“Whenever I'm asked what kind of writing is the most lucrative, I have to say ransom notes.”

— H.N. Swanson

I have to say that writing about my writing process is more daunting than writing non-fiction.

— Sefi Atta

I'm a woofer, not a tweeter; a writer, not a telegrapher; an essayist, not an aphorist.

— Richard Turner

I'm a good person but a shitty writer. You're a shitty person but a good writer. We'd make a good team.

— John Green

The story itself should force its moral upon you. You find out what the moral is by writing the story.

— C. S. Lewis

Respect and love your readers. Write for the reader.

— Janet Evanovich

For me, fun is being with people I trust and love... and writing poetry.

— Kunal Kapoor

Sometimes I ask myself if writing novels is even respectable.

— Lorrie Moore