Of course, I may go into a strange bedroom every now and…

And yet one arrives somehow, finds himself loosening the hooks of her dress in a strange bedroom-- feels the autumn dropping its silk and…

— William Carlos Williams

Anything that you want to write about you can write about in sports.

— J. A. Adande

If you want to write, you write. Talent is simply not enough.

— Jane Yolen

I know exactly what I want to write. I do not write until I do. Usually I write it all down only once. And…

— Hannah Arendt

“10 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer Write. Write more. Write even more. Write even more than that. Write when you don’t want to.…

— Brian Clark

Loving your subject, you will write about it with the spontaneity and enthusiasm that will transmit itself to your reader. Loving your reader, you…

— Lee Wyndham

“If you want to write, write. It’s as simple as that.”

— K.D. Green

Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about.

— Jackie Collins

I'm pretty lenient with myself about time - if I feel like taking photographs of small things inside ice cubes or making animal collages,…

— Matthea Harvey

There is no trick to it. If you like to write and want to write, you write, no matter where you are or what…

— E. B. White

If you want to write, write it. That's the first rule. And send it in, and send it in to someone who can publish…

— Robert B. Parker

And then afterwards I worked in advertising for a year which taught me about writing even when you don't want to (laughter) because there's…

— Nicholas Stoller

You know when you're milking a cow and you have all that foamy white milk in the bucket and you're just about through, when…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

John ain't been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

I'm always telling my students go to law school or become a doctor, do something, and then write. First of all you should have…

— Jamaica Kincaid