I have a hard time with people who say they write for…

I love children - mostly because they become us, right? And I feel like if we get to children and open their minds at…

— Tabitha Brown

Some writers say they cannot write in front of a window; many say they cannot function without almost perfect quiet. A writer with only…

— Gene Wolfe

For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the…

— Uma Thurman

To say, "Well, I write when I really get into it" is a bunch of bull. Put the paper in the typewriter, stare at…

— Erma Bombeck

My process is surprisingly straightforward. I find myself with little to do over a stretch of time and I say, "I should write children's…

— Michael Ian Black

I was inspired to write children's books, but without blood and gore.

— Stanley Williams

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write…

— Madeleine L'Engle

They say, 'Write what you know.' What I know isn't cheerleader; it has a little bit of teeth to it.

— Melissa Marr

Gertrude Stein said, "I write for myself and strangers." I would say I write for myself, strangers and the great dead.

— Edward Hirsch

My dad and mom used to always say, 'Write your vision down. Write the things that you want to happen.' I would write, 'I…

— Ro James

Everything that individuals ever say or write can be used against them at a later point.

— Paul Achleitner

I always say I write because I have questions, not because I have answers. It's true that you begin the conversation - that's the…

— Jacqueline Woodson

When people say "How do you write a book, how does it all happen?" I say, you line things up, and you line them…

— Terry Pratchett

Chance has something to say, even how to write a good letter.

— Baltasar Gracian

Do not do what someone else could do as well as you. Do not say, do not write what someone else could say, could…

— Andre Gide