My poetry is the most disappointing thing for me that I've…

If I show somebody something that I've written and they say, "Eh...alright," I just put it away and I never show it to anyone…

— Christopher Walken

“Say nothing and he' ll think you regret having written. Say anything and it will be out of place. Do what, then? Wait.”

— André Aciman

Someone once said that the joy is not in writing but in having written. I can't say I find that to be true, though…

— Adam Gopnik

“They say everything that can be written has been written. I say we are just getting started.”

— Andrew Barger

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

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

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

— Baltasar Gracian

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

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