“Why use long words when short ones will do? Not all readers have been to college or university.” — Ken Scott Copy Share Image
My intention was always to direct and writing things just became convenient and happened. — Jeff Baena Copy Share Image
It takes writing a billion bad words before you get to the good ones. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
There is a difference between writing and being an author. Authors talk. I'm standing here talking now. This has nothing to do… — T. R. Pearson Copy Share Image
Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark. — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
You hear all this whining going on, 'Where are our great writers?' The thing I might feel doleful about is: 'Where are… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
In order for me to write, I have to experience life. I write the songs based on real life, and I perform… — Estelle Copy Share Image
I love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the… — Alan Garner Copy Share Image
When I am gone what will you do? Who will write and draw for you? Someone smarter--someone new? Someone better--maybe YOU! — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
I love being an author. I love actual writing, and I love communicating with children. And it keeps me young. — Eve Bunting Copy Share Image
People often ask how I can reject the phrase 'woman writer' and not reject the phrase 'Jewish writer' - a preposterous question.… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
I write pretty fast, probably faster than most people. But I might think about something for six hours, then write it in… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
My assumption when I began writing was that you were never going to make any money. And you were never going to… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
“JUDGE LITTLEFIELD (re: the writ): Cunningham, I do not like it when lawyers go over my head. CUNNINGHAM: You gave me no… — Stephen Adly Guirgis Copy Share Image
There is and always has been for me a peculiar need to write. This is very different from wanting to be a… — Patricia Wentworth Copy Share Image
A distinction must be made between that writing which enables us to hold on to life even as we are clinging to… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Music saved my life. I mean, music is life. It is everything to me. It's why I can meet people - I… — June Millington Copy Share Image
“The poet was, of course, always present to assist the debater. Though the logic of Lewis's Christian apologetics may be fallible, the… — Humphrey Carpenter Copy Share Image
