At least in my case, a very simple, regular, happy life makes for better writing. — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
Writers must... take care of the sensibility that houses the possibility of poems. — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
Sometimes I just want to sit and write at a clean table and not get paint all over my hands. — Danny Fox Copy Share Image
“Authors go on writing books, and so we go on reading them. It is a sad state of affairs.” — Elizabeth Aston Copy Share Image
The idea that you could make a living from writing always thrilled me. — Jane Goldman Copy Share Image
I don't write any of my material down. I like to improvise and be spontaneous. — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
I'm trying to write something in which you know that it's all about sex but you never see any. — David Hare Copy Share Image
My school is very good and quite understanding and know I have to take time off for interviews or writers' festivals. — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
Just because I'm playing jazz I don't forget about me. I play or write me, the way I feel, through jazz, or… — Charles Mingus Copy Share Image
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When you encounter sophistication in the creation of a female character, you thank the writers and you claim it. — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
You count a man's U.S. Amateur titles after he starts winning professional majors. That's something any intelligent golf writer with a sense… — Dan Jenkins Copy Share Image
I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold such great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realize that I am… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
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We find what we are looking for. If we are looking for life and love and openness and growth, we are likely… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I am not writing to try and convert people to fundamental Christianity. I am just trying to share my experience, strength and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
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If I wrote about "being [abstraction]" I would be ignoring existential issues (such as death, limited-time, the arbitrary nature of the universe,… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
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“Speech destroys the functions of love, I think—that’s a hell of a thing for a writer to say, I guess, but I… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Because today we live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
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