“Words I write... go through my mind, like tasting fine wine on the lips.” — Jennifer Webb Copy Share Image
Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A genuine poet is one who writes about experiences before they happen to him.” — T.S Eliot Copy Share Image
I began writing poetry when I was about 10. Bad poetry, but you start with bad poetry. — Jonas Mekas Copy Share Image
I started writing when I was twenty, and my first book came out seventeen years later. — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word. — Catherine Drinker Bowen Copy Share Image
“The good story lay in half-told things which must be filled in out of the hearer’s own experience.” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me. — Rachel Gibson Copy Share Image
Well, they each seem to do one thing well enough, but fail to realize that literature depends on doing several things well… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the most pernicious gift to the individuals who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Writing requires discipline, detailed thinking, good communication skills, a plan of action, clear vision, and a passion for people. CMT Stibbe” — C.M.T. Stibbe Copy Share Image
Our country has the oldest tradition of storytelling, and this was much before writing stories even became a norm. — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
I was 12. Our ,teacher made us write an autobiography and I realised that I wasn't very interesting. I began to make… — John Burnham Schwartz Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer's head is mobbed with characters, images and language. — Hilma Wolitzer Copy Share Image
I don't keep up with a lot of trends. I've never been a fashion horse. I'm so busy writing my songs, trying… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
The first is that instead of writing a sequel, which is what most people do, this is in fact a prequel. Although… — James Collins Copy Share Image
A writer - and, I believe, generally all persons - must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource.… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
If you asked someone, 'Can you play the violin?' and he says, 'I don't know, I have not tried, perhaps I can,'… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“I intend to keep writing stories that piss people off, that tell the particular kind of truth I think is valid, that… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
There are so many actresses I want to write for. I see them, and I think, 'Why is she not playing that… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
In prose fiction the freedom to work honestly exists, although you may have to fight for it. In those other areas of… — James Kelman Copy Share Image
I started doing community theater when I was seven and I think the intent was just expression. When you're a musician, you… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
Cory Doctorow should be too busy for lunch. He's co-editor of, and a prolific contributor to, one of the most influential blogs… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
“Life was not to be sitting in hot amorphic leisure in my backyard idly writing or not-writing, as the spirit moved me.… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
