When I write something down it doesn't look funny to me…

Everything I write doesn't appear to be biography until later. I often say that I've never written about anything I've experienced. Of course, that's…

— Suzan-Lori Parks

The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all.

— Al Alvarez

“When in doubt, write it out. If that doesn't work, you're screwed.”

— Moniqua Sexton

Just because somebody hears something you say, or reads something that you write, doesn't mean you've reached them.

— Frank Zappa

All my books were easy to write - doesn't it show?

— Daniel Pinkwater

People think writing is a very distinguished, cerebral thing, where all you do is write. It doesn't work that way. People have to see…

— Ravi Subramanian

Just write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your desk and write.

— Emma Thompson

When you write it doesn't occur to you that somebody could think different from what you do.

— Howard Nemerov

I don't agree with the sentiment 'write what you know.'... I think one should write what one doesn't know. The world is bigger and…

— Cynthia Ozick

You know what I mean, I'm not Tom Cruise. I can act as long as the character happens to look and sound a lot…

— John Bishop

I've never really suffered complete and utter writer's block, really. I equate it with sex: in the beginning of my career, I was writing…

— Loudon Wainwright III

If you're waiting for the perfect moment, you'll never write a thing because it will never arrive. I have no routine. I have no…

— Margaret Atwood

Regardless of what I do, whether I write a book or whether I act or whether I host, I'll always do stand-up comedy because…

— Howie Mandel

Imagination is a pretty powerful thing, and when you're in the moment and you're riding a train and you're asked to look scared, I…

— Chris Pine

I never want to look back on any moment and say I could have done more. So I go all in.

— Scott Haze