Writing Quotes · Page 67

Here's the secret of writing: there is no secret.

— Ralph Fletcher

I always write the pieces I want to write.

— Harrison Birtwistle

I write all my own music, everything.

— Dave East

Poets find truth by writing about what they love.

— Susan Cooper

When I write, I make discoveries about my feelings.

— Gail Carson Levine

“Write because you love to write.”

— Cindi Lee

Tim Powers is a brilliant writer.

— William Gibson

My pen is my razor, and I've been bleeding.

— Anthony Beal

Like every book I never wrote, it is by far the best book I have ever written.

— Anonymous

The thought of writing was always pleasant, but the process was painful

— Anonymous

Something's that written out is okay, but it's not always a clear indication of what a person means.

— Debbie Harry

Writing's not always a pleasure to me, but if I'm not writing every other pleasure loses its savour.

— John Braine

Nice characters are boring! I like writing upbeat characters - that's my natural tendency.

— Marjorie M. Liu

I don't think you have time to waste not writing because you are afraid you won't be good at it.

— Anne Lamott

There are seldom more than a couple of students in any workshop who seem natural writers.

— James Lasdun

“The dull people don't write interesting books. But they sure as hell can write them thick and fast.”

— Abram Gitspof

Write. No amount of self-inflicted misery, altered states, black pullovers or being publicly obnoxious will ever add up to your being a…

— A.L. Kennedy

Writing about conflict has provided these dramatic opportunities to talk about really substantial moments in a person's life. I'm not writing about…

— Doug Stanton

The ego-drama is nothing compared with the theo-drama. The fun begins when we let God write our stories.

— Robert Barron

The fact that the theatregoing public likes my music is no credit to me. There are many other composers who write better…

— Jerome Kern

I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you're trying to be a writer because it's the only…

— John Green

Drama school is fundamentally practical. I didn't write any essays, so I came out with a BA honors degree in acting.

— Emilia Clarke

I'm a fantasy writer. I don't do SF. This is important to me. If you're not clear on what genre you're in,…

— Lev Grossman

The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember…

— Anonymous

Singing didn't really come naturally to me, I don't think. I had to really work at it. I just kept singing. I…

— Tom Odell

I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write…

— Patrick Duffy

All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading…

— Ernest Hemingway

The ancient commission of the writer has not changed. He is charged with exposing our many grievous faults and failures, with dredging…

— John Steinbeck

“He knows different now. It's the living that chase the dead. The long bones and skulls are tumbled from their shrouds, and…

— Hilary Mantel

Our eyes are not viewers, they're also projectors that are running a second story over the picture that we see in front…

— Jim Carrey

Writing an informative yet compact thriller is a lot like making maple sugar candy. You have to tap hundreds of trees -…

— Dan Brown

If you look at the Directory of American Poets and Writers, you know there are hundreds of poets in New York City.…

— Ted Kooser

There's one good kind of writer - a dead one.

— James T. Farrell

I feel most relaxed when I am acting or writing.

— Mathew Horne

Your writings should reflect wise thoughts.

— Govinda

For the love of God, keep writing these arclties.

— Suzyn

I'm not a writer, director or producer.

— Martin Freeman

“You are the best book you could ever write phi”

— rassool jibraeel snyman

A lot of writing is thinking.

— Horton Foote

I do see an interest in writing for Twitter.

— Lydia Davis