History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
I would like to help young women writing comedy, acting, anything like that. — Rachel Sennott Copy Share Image
Most of my writing consists of an attempt to translate aphorisms into continuous prose. — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
My strength as a TV writer was my total lack of interest in television. — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
I think that I have every right to write a book. I think I'm interesting. I have perspective about me. — Judy Garland Copy Share Image
Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I think I wanted to write a book about the relationship between the victim and perpetrator in which the victim agrees to… — Darrell Hammond Copy Share Image
When I am writing anything in general, I just want to tell the story that exists in my head; I don't try… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“Poems should be like pins which prick the skin of boredom and leave a glow equal in its pride to the gate… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
Novels are one of the few remaining areas of narrative storytelling where one person does almost all of the creative heavy lifting. — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, 'Something's wrong, let's change it for the… — Sonia Sanchez Copy Share Image
In the music industry, we value large success. I realized that while I would like that, that it's not what my writing… — David Friedman Copy Share Image
To be able to talk to your heart’s content about a book you like with someone who feels the same way about… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The secret truth of 'Celebrity Apprentice' is that it isn't very hard... 'Celebrity Apprentice' is easy like junior high is easy. All… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
James Blish told me I had the worst case of "said bookism" (that is, using every word except said to indicate dialogue).… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
Writers that pretend to be in the throes of some kind of genius-demon, some kind of possessing spirit that refuses to let… — Matt Fraction Copy Share Image
When writing music for the 'Kaddish,' I evoked the prayers that were sung in Eastern Galicia, Ukraine and Romania. I was advised… — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
People have told me that everything about me, every facet of my life, psyche, experiences, dreams, and fears, are laid out explicitly… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
And with a practice of writing comes a certain important integrity. A culture filled with bloggers thinks differently about politics or public… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
“I have great respect for writers who are humble, whose language allows the reader to see the story but doesn't get in… — Jennifer Haigh Copy Share Image
Because I think of novels as collaborative enterprises between the writer and the reader, all of my novels so far have ending… — Emily Barton Copy Share Image
If we cannot write with the beauty of Mozart, let us at least try to write with his purity. — Johannes Brahms Copy Share Image
Eventually, before I die, I hope to have written about every part I've played. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing. — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Brilliant, inspiring . . . if you are on a pursuit of self-mastery, make time to read this! — Jennifer Lacy Copy Share Image
She is not a writer at all, really; she is merely a gifted eccentric. — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
I've always been a writer. I've always loved words, ever since I was a kid. — Julia Michaels Copy Share Image
London and Fog! When these two come together, it is time to be a writer! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Writing is something that I've always loved. That stems from my love of being a reader. — Jen Lancaster Copy Share Image
Read something that YOU want to read, not something that you feel compelled to read. — Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
Prose, narratives, etcetera, can carry healing. Poetry does it more intensely. — Ted Hughes Copy Share Image
If you write your own tools, you can sort of see new things, design new things. — Saul Griffith Copy Share Image
The most important thing is writing songs that resonate and giving people a chance to listen to them. — Corey Smith Copy Share Image
I've written 'Eclipsed' as a funny story. It is completely bonkers. — Dominic Holland Copy Share Image
