I've found through experience that I'm only good when I'm…

“So this is why I write. Because most times, your life isn’t funny the first time through. Most times, you can hardly stand it.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

For I must write to The Times tonight, and save the world from sin.

— A. P. Herbert

Discover the time of day when you write best, and write then. For me it's about 7 am to noon. For other people it's…

— Jon Ronson

I write down three things in the morning that I want to accomplish, but I write it down as if I have already accomplished…

— NLE Choppa

I write about times and places I would visit in a time machine, like ancient Rome or the Wild West.

— Caroline Lawrence

I've never been that person who thought that because I've written one novel, I should write another and another. It's only when there was…

— Arundhati Roy

I have ventured out and written about real-life experiences that I haven't gone through myself, but I've known people to go through them. In…

— Cassadee Pope

I hate to look at the stuff I've written and consider what it means or why I do it.

— J. J. Abrams

I've written a book; I've become a better husband and father because I'm home every day. My connection to the Hollywood world has only…

— Isaiah Washington

In 2012, I really thought, 'That's it. It's over. I've written what I can write.'

— Patrick Marber

Some of the best songs I've written, I've written in 10 minutes.

— Christine McVie

I've always been very grateful that enough people have enjoyed reading what I've written that I've been able to pursue writing professionally.

— Christopher Paolini

I think other people's interpretations of what I've written are a lot better than what I have, because I don't understand a lot of…

— Cedric Bixler-Zavala

I don't think anything you've written is immortal as yet.

— Terence Young

I've always written. When I was in school, the only teacher who ever liked me was my creative writing teacher. I used to enter…

— Justin Townes Earle