I know many writers who first dictate passages, then…

But do you really mean, Sir," said Peter, "that there could be other worlds-all over the place, just round the corner-like that?" "Nothing is…

— Anonymous

You can't polish a turd.

— Anonymous

Do you polish your pants cause I can see my self in them ;)

— Anonymous

The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his castles in the air, from air, creating by exertion…

— Anonymous

A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.

— Anonymous

Just as a diamond can only be polished by another diamond, it is only through genuine, all-out engagement with others that people can polish…

— Anonymous

I don't know about other writers, but for myself, to write I must be relatively quiet - it's very difficult to write with the…

— Ray Charles

I know some writers are meticulous planners, but I'm not one of them.

— Gail Honeyman

“I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards.”

— Garth Marenghi

You just don't know writers. They'll use anything, anybody. They'll eat their young.

— Dennis Potter

“I know why writers write- they write to untangle the knots in their hearts.”

— Virginia Frances Schwartz

Early publication can be a dubious blessing: we all know writers who would give anything not to have published their first book, and go…

— Joyce Carol Oates

A lot of directors keep writers away because the writers know the script better than anybody, obviously they do, and they have certain intents.…

— Glenn Ficarra

“There’s nothing I need or want to know from the writers I admire that isn’t in their books. It’s better to read a good…

— John Irving

You know how writers are... they create themselves as they create their work. Or perhaps they create their work in order to create themselves.

— Orson Scott Card