I've said it before, and I'll say it again: writing picture books is an art - the art of word choice. — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
You have to have something worth saying and then the ability to say it- writing's a double skill, really. — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
When I say writing, O believe me, it is rewriting that I have chiefly in mind. — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
I'd say writing is easier for me now than it once was, but I do less of it. — Jesse Ball Copy Share Image
I would say that writing, both the act of writing, and of course reading of other people's work is, for me, supreme… — James Lipton Copy Share Image
If we had to say what writing is, we would have to define it essentially as an act of courage. — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
“I am writing you from inside a body that used to be yours. Which is to say, I am writing as a… — Ocean Vuong Copy Share Image
It's hard to come up with a 'quote' about myself. Perhaps I could say that most of my writing has been concerned… — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
I can't stand it when people say, "If you're writing a novel, you should read this and that." Because it's like giving… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Never say anything in writing that you wouldn't comfortably say in conversation. Be yourself when you write. If you're not a person… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
It's often about the simple things, isn't it? Painting and photography are first about seeing, they say. Writing is about observing. Technique… — Linda Olsson Copy Share Image
I devote most of my day to writing, and try to turn out at least four pages a day. As for what… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“It's great being a part time writer. If you sell books you're a success. But if you don't sell any then all… — Aaron T Knight Copy Share Image
People say writing is really hard. That's very unfair to those who are doing real jobs. People who work in the fields… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
The best advice I ever got came from my mother, Estee Lauder: She believed that if you had something good to say,… — Leonard Lauder Copy Share Image
“It’s absolutely essential that a writer know himself, for until he knows his abilities and limitations, his talents and problems, he will… — Charles Shields Copy Share Image
I'm tempted to say, 'Writing treatments is like designing a film by hiring six million monkeys to tear out pages of an… — Terry Rossio Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing is just to write. It sounds so simple, but sometimes it's not. You can get so… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“I'm afraid to write. It's so dangerous. Anyone who's tried, knows. The danger of stirring up hidden things - and the world… — Clarice Lispector Copy Share Image
The role of the writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say. Most… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
I started writing when I was around 6. I say 'writing,' but it was really just making up stuff! I started writing… — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image
“A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating. You're there… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
I often give this metaphor where I say that writing short fiction is like surfing, while writing a novel is like navigating… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
Sometimes I say that writing a novel is the same as constructing a chair: a person must be able to sit in… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
“But, later, coming back and reading what I have produced, I am unable to detect the difference between what came easily and… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
People always say, "Can writing be taught?" I always think, I can teach you how to write a better sentence, how to… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
It's hard to say when my interest in writing began, or how. My mother read to my sister and me every night,… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
I think that's what, to me, also talks about the silences in my work - as a woman, a woman writer, when… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
“The most important piece of writing advice: Have something to say. Whenever I have trouble writing, it’s because I’m trying to write… — GRETCHEN RUBIN Copy Share Image
I guess what I'm trying to say is that writing is mysterious; you don't ever truly know where it is coming from,… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
I always say that, for me, writing a book is like a wacky Greyhound bus trip - I know where I'm starting… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
Writing is very cathartic for me. As a teacher, I hear many students say that writing can be painful and exhausting. It… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
