“Stop writing what you know and start writing what you want to know.” — Tiffany Reisz Copy Share Image
Before I start writing, before I have an idea of where and when the story happens, I research it thoroughly. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I'm tired of writing exams for marks. I want to start writing books for sell. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
I personally feel the need to experience life and new music and ideas before I can sit down and start writing music… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
I really don't know what I am going to do in terms of what a book is going to be about until… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
I didn't start writing until late high school and then I was just diddling. Mainly I loved to read and my writing… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
When I start writing songs and it turns into an overly belabored intellectual process, I just throw it out. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
“The best marketing you can do for your book is to start writing the next one.” — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
I like to begin every screenplay with a burst of delusional self-confidence. It tends to fade pretty quickly, but (for me, at… — Michael Arndt Copy Share Image
My writing habits are pretty static. I get up every morning between 6 and 7 am, grab a cup of coffee, say… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time. I don't do too many notes. I keep it mostly… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
To start writing about your life is, from one standpoint, to stop living it. You must avoid adventures today so as to… — Ned Rorem Copy Share Image
I start writing, pull whatever images happen to occur to me and make up a story, instead of starting with details that… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
I started writing 'Brick Lane' when my children were two years and five months old. We were on holiday in the north… — Monica Ali Copy Share Image
“Write every day, as many hours as you can. Don't worry about page count. You'll have to worry about that soon enough,… — Darrell Pitt Copy Share Image
You become a writer on a television show, and you see yourself doing bigger and better things, you don't wait till they… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
“ MarkBaynard: [...] When you wrote yr 1st book, did U ever dream it was going to be welcomed by the world… — Teresa Medeiros Copy Share Image
On past records I usually did start with a story or an idea for a song and then write around it, but… — David Bazan Copy Share Image
It used to be with chocolate. I would put chocolate in my studio and say, "You know, Nat, there's this chocolate you… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
In my mind, only one inviolable precept exists in terms of being a successful writer: you have to write. The unspoken sub-laws… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
We'd decided to write a book about two friends. I gave her some coffee and then we sat there not knowing what… — Alison McGhee Copy Share Image
The way to start writing isn't by writing at all. But by living. It isn't about creating something from thin air, but… — Yasmin Ahmad Copy Share Image
Generally I start writing when I have even the smallest idea of how a book is going to go, because the physical… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Why did you start to write? I left at 15.. I started to write becase I was taken off a ship from… — Hubert Selby Jr Copy Share Image
“The way you start writing is by writing. Over and over again I have proven this to myself but I always forget… — Ellen Gilchrist Copy Share Image
I'm a better musician now, and I rarely practice because age has taught me the value of economy. And I think I'm… — James McBride Copy Share Image
“For a long time, I felt like I was destined to inherit a certain kind of life and so I wouldn’t let… — Kenny Porpora Copy Share Image
“Don’t write with a pen. Ink tends to give the impression the words shouldn’t be changed. Write with what gives you the… — Richard Hugo Copy Share Image
“I have found that unless I make myself some office hours and stick to them - 8.30 to 11 A.M. and 1… — Louise Rich Dickinson Copy Share Image
“Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing, you’re a writer. Write like you’re a goddamn death… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
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