“If writers were good business men, they'd have too much sense to be writers.” — Irvin S. Cobb Copy Share Image
I get melancholy if I don't [write]. I need the company of people who don't exist. — William Trevor Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time being creative as a child - painting, drawing and writing poetry. — Bugzy Malone Copy Share Image
“There is one surefire way to produce bad writing: submit to the slavery of a deadline.” — Flavia Idà Copy Share Image
Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it. — Moliere Copy Share Image
Whenever you're making a movie, especially when you're writing, you always have self-doubts. — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Obviously, writing together is very intimate because it's sort of acting where you need to get to a really deep place to… — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
“For the writer that has truly suffered, their pen, their words, their art will become as important as breathing.” — Jason E. Hodges Copy Share Image
As much as I'm drawn to writing about teenage girls, I like the idea of having the freedom to branch out and… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
I really write about situations that I have trouble, you know I mean, so I guess .. that's why I feel so… — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
Simple Plan's trademark is pretty easy. By the time the song ends, you can sing it. It doesn't take 20 listens. It's… — Chuck Comeau Copy Share Image
I think it's very hard to be sexually explicit and erotic - though there are writers, like K. M. Soehnlein, who are… — Catherine Brady Copy Share Image
When I take up my pen to write, I feel the strength of standing up and refusing to be silent. In an… — Chenjerai Hove Copy Share Image
I try to write life and not songs. People live life, and when you write life, you're going to mess around and… — R. Kelly Copy Share Image
I don't think I will ever write about politics or foreign policy. I feel like there is so much good writing in… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
For the most part, romance is written in third person, and it's written in multiple points of view, so you're in the… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
“Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing, you’re a writer. Write like you’re a goddamn death… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
You will have significant experiences. I hope that you will write them down and keep record of them, that you will read… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
The hardest bits of my book to read were the easiest bits to write because they were the most immediate. Probably because… — Damian Barr Copy Share Image
I realized that the people I want to impress most are already in my band. If I just do my best and… — Ed Robertson Copy Share Image
“Calvin unceasingly studied the church fathers and the medieval doctors, and this was reflected in his writings. He saw himself engaged in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When an idea comes, spend silent time with it. Remember Keats's idea of Negative Capability and Kipling's advice to "drift, wait, and… — Rose Tremain Copy Share Image
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