Isn't it remarkable how everyone who knew [D.H.] Lawrence…

“Remarkable marketing is the art of building things worth noticing right into your product or service,” Godin writes. “If your offering isn't remarkable, it…

— John Edson

I've wondered, though, if one of the reasons we fail to acknowledge the brilliance of life is because we don't want the responsibility inherent…

— Donald Miller

Remarkable marketing is the art of building things worth noticing right into your product or service. Not slapping on marketing as a last-minute add-on,…

— Seth

All songs are already perfectly written. It is the writer's job to find it and get it on paper.

— Beth Nielsen Chapman

Nothing good gets written without the writer suffering along the way, in my opinion. Writing should be a pleasure, but unless you feel almost…

— Mohsin Hamid

If you do not seek to publish what you have written, then you are not a writer and you never will be.

— Anonymous

I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime.

— Joe Eszterhas

The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It…

— William Faulkner

Whenever I write songs, it's my outlet for a certain feeling. I just don't as often feel compelled to write when I'm not really…

— Phoebe Bridgers

I don't set out to write a political song. I am not one of those that feels compelled to write about what's going on.

— Stephen Stills

I can't explain inspiration. A writer is either compelled to write or not. And if I waited for inspiration I wouldn't really be a…

— Toni Morrison

Although I have felt compelled to write things down since I was five years old, I doubt that my daughter ever will, for she…

— Joan Didion

I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you MUST write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter…

— Rick Riordan

Why am I compelled to write?... Because the world I create in the writing compensates for what the real world does not give me.…

— Gloria Anzaldua

“Why did I write it down? In order to remember, of course, but exactly what was it I wanted to remember? How much of…

— Joan Didion