Just start the sentence...and see what happens. This is how we write. — Jincy Willett Copy Share Image
When you're like, 'Yo, we gotta write a hit song, we need a hit song right now,' that never works. Every time… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
Eventually the writing takes time. What I want to do is get the story down and I want to know what happens… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
I have a thing - I call it magic - but I feel like I can write stuff down in the middle… — Ester Dean Copy Share Image
I like the busy-ness of office life. What I discovered, to my surprise, is that I love the solitary nature of writing.… — Joseph Kanon Copy Share Image
Some things are hard to write about. After something happens to you, you go to write it down, and either you over… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
I think what happens is you write how you grew up. And I was born on the prairie, and so everything is… — Patricia MacLachlan Copy Share Image
I think that's just what happens when you write a big bestseller. After that you need to find out: What's the best… — Daniel Kehlmann Copy Share Image
Your prospective employer, or the person you have a crush on, or the person you want to talk to. You're judging yourself,… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Anything that happens after I write a song...that's fine with me. It's up to the listener to read into it what they… — Guy Clark Copy Share Image
My writing knows more than I know. What a writer must do is listen to her book. It might take you where… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Songwriting is one thing that I have blessed to myself. It's a very personal thing for me, the business is very shared… — William Clark Green Copy Share Image
“I suppose I've never set out to write a novel in which nothing happens . . . only to write a novel… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image