I'm a huge David Lindsay-Abaire fan. If I could write, I…

One of the reasons I admire David Lindsay-Abaire's work is that he, like the Greeks I've spent so much of my professional life contemplating,…

— Ellen McLaughlin

It's weird because my parents don't really understand my business. I get fan mail all day long, but if a piece happens to get…

— Idris Elba

In music industry they always want you to write something like the one that was popular. And that's something you kind of have to…

— Benji Madden

That's just the music industry. They always want you to write something like the one that was popular.

— Benji Madden

I just write about what I feel I want to write about. I'm like a kid. I get an idea, and it's like a…

— Stephen King

I often say that I want to write like Tupac rapped. I could listen to his album, and within a few minutes, I could…

— Angie Thomas

Since then, I have just read and read - but, that said, I suppose there is a raft of writers to whom I return…

— Penelope Lively

“Write like you are the last person on earth; like no one will ever read your story. Tell the story YOU want to read!”

— Giuseppe Bianco

“Writers write like readers and read like writers.”

— Laura Hamilton

I always write to the moment. I've always been that kind of emcee. I don't wanna come in with all the paperwork and all…

— Raekwon

Trying to write is very much like trying to put a Chinese puzzle together. We have a pattern in mind which we wish to…

— Helen Keller

I write like a two-year-old, and I can't spell.

— Harry Redknapp

I write because I like to write. I find joy in the texture and tone and rhythm of words. It is a satisfaction like…

— John Steinbeck

That's what it feels like when I write, like I have this beautiful world in my head, but when I try to remember it…

— Ruth Ozeki

And sometimes I sit down to write, because that is what I like to do more and more in the future.

— Jonathan Brandis