I begin by writing paragraphs that don’t have an immediate relation to a plot. The sound of the story comes first. — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
“Try not to get overwhelmed or lost in the question. Always begin by writing down what you want to discover.” — Dan Morris Copy Share Image
Today when I begin writing I’m aware: something that I don’t understand drives this engine. — Donald Hall Copy Share Image
I begin with writing the first sentence—and trusting to Almighty God for the second. — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
It's usually easier for me to begin writing in a character's voice if that person is different from me in some significant… — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
There's nothing quite like a quiet corner in a coffee shop to gather your thoughts and begin writing. — Gautham Menon Copy Share Image
“Every stage of life is a chapter of a book. You must begin writing your life book.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“Begin your writing, fiction or article, where the action begins. This action can be internal (e.g., an important insight or personal decision)… — Walt Shiel Copy Share Image
If I had to write down everything I've done in my entire life, I'll begin with writing all my sorrows in sand… — Chee Vai Tang Copy Share Image
I have forced myself to begin writing when I've been utterly exhausted, when I've felt my soul as thin as a playing… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
When I stopped trying to write songs, that's when I'm able to begin writing songs. You have to just use your life,… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
Do you have a plan for your life? If not, allocate some time today to sit quietly with pen and paper to… — Ritu Copy Share Image
Unless you loosen the hold that your past has on you, your future will unfold in much the same way . .… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Writing begins in the body, it is the music of the body, and even if the words have meaning, can sometimes have… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I've done that quite often, but I've got to be quite honest... as much as you would want to only do one… — Trevor Rabin Copy Share Image
“I have forced myself to begin writing when I've been utterly exhausted, when I've felt my soul as thin as a playing… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I don't sit down at nine in the morning and begin writing and then take a break for lunch and stop at… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I remember from my academic days, there were people who could never begin writing because they hadn't read every single thing on… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
Write as if you were dying. At the same time, assume you write for an audience consisting solely of terminal patients. That… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I can't decide for you whether or not you have got to write, but if anything in the world, war, or pestilence,… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
This is where I begin to do the writing. I am now going to be the pen and not the paper. — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
I don't paint anymore. I haven't since I abandoned it at 19, in order to begin writing seriously. — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I am not an early-morning person; I don't like to get out of bed, and so I don't begin writing at five… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Normally I begin writing a song with just with aim to express something, and sometimes I don't know what I want to… — Lianne La Havas Copy Share Image
