I'm a more skilled writer now, but after 23 books it's…

When I was a kid, I was a big science fiction fan, but current horror books were harder to get your hands on.

— John Darnielle

Sometimes when I'm under pressure, if I think somebody is expecting stuff from me, I'll do better than if I was just left on…

— Dolly Parton

The only good teachers for you are those friends who love you, who think you are interesting, or very important, or wonderfully funny; whose…

— Brenda Ueland

If you ever read one of my books I hope you'll think it looks so easy. In fact, I wrote those chapters 20 times…

— Peter Carey

“What do you want to write? What gets your goat? What irks you to no length? If you could change the world with words,…

— Lori Lesko

I eventually want to write and direct and produce my own stuff.

— Kelly Marie Tran

I did not want to write, but I had to resign myself to it in the end.

— Samuel Beckett

I want to write about my experiences since 'Speedbumps.'

— Teri Garr

As an artist, you never want to write the same song again, you always want to challenge yourself to writing in a different way.

— Serj Tankian

Ideas come from all over, but as I write more and more, I find I'm always hunting for mood: I want to write a…

— Maggie Stiefvater

When you want to write well, wake up at 5 A.M.

— Susannah Cahalan

The last thing you want to do is write songs about being in a band.

— Matt Berninger

Over the next four days, I want you to write about your deepest emotions and thoughts about the most upsetting experience in your life.…

— James W. Pennebaker

I want to write novels. I want to write stories. I want to do the stuff that I became a writer to do.

— Salman Rushdie

You make me want to write bad poetry.

— Anonymous