Each piece of writing I undertake, whether a story, novel, play, or poem, begins with an image. — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
“A piece of writing has to start somewhere, go somewhere, and sit down when it gets there.” — John McPhee Copy Share Image
A piece of writing is the product of a series of explosions in the mind. — Ellen Gilchrist Copy Share Image
I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it is by a woman or not. — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
A piece of writing is like a piece of magic. You create something out of nothing. — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
A problem with a piece of writing often clarifies itself if you go for a long walk. — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
A student comes to me with a piece of writing, holds it out, says, 'Is this good?' A whole sequence of emergencies… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
“In my experience, cutting back is the crucial act that allows the vitality, precision and emotional heart of a piece of writing… — Pamela Erens Copy Share Image
Just go outside and look at something and write it down and you'll find it is a very nice piece of writing. — John Sandford Copy Share Image
A piece of writing is only worth doing if you're a different person at the end of the process than you were… — Brian Morton Copy Share Image
“A piece of writing is never good,” he told me. “There is simply a moment when it is less bad than before.” — Joël Dicker Copy Share Image
Work on a good piece of writing proceeds on three levels: a musical one, where it is composed; an architectural one, where… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
So, then, what is style? There are two chief aspects of any piece of writing: 1) what you say and 2) how… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“My work is not a piece of writing designed to meet the needs of an immediate public, but was done to last… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. What's lost in the process is… — Joe Eszterhas Copy Share Image
A particular piece of music attaches itself to the piece I'm writing, and there is nothing else I can listen to. Every… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
When you reach a place where you feel blocked, lower your standards and keep on going. There is no possible way to… — Richard Bausch Copy Share Image
The minute you finish a piece of writing it doesn't belong to you, you don't write it any more, it belongs to… — Kate Tempest Copy Share Image
One nice thing about putting the thing away for a couple of months before looking at it is that you start appreciate… — Steven Brust Copy Share Image
Once a piece of writing gets to a moment where it's not going to get much better than it already is, marinate… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
The characters created cannot just be a mouthpiece for the writer. When you look at a piece of writing, and it's genuine… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
I like to be aware of a book as a piece of writing, and aware of its structure as a product of… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
When I visit schools and talk to students about writing, I give them one word of advice and I give it to… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
A piece of writing is a dangerous thing," he said. "It can change your life. — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
A piece of writing takes exactly as long as it needs to be done right. — Norma Fox Mazer Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, sometimes it gets to that place where I feel like the piece is writing itself and I'm trying not… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
Once I've written something it does tend to run away from me. I don't seem to have any part of it -… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
“A real piece of writing is one in which the writer has tried to enrich not only the book, but also his… — Karl Wiggins Copy Share Image
