I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go to form of communication. — Frank Ocean Copy Share Image
Artists are expected to talk about their work but writers aren't expected to talk about their writing. — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
“Don't talk to me about writing; you couldn't write "fuck" on a dusty Venetian blind.” — Coral Browne Copy Share Image
A lot of people talk about writing. The secret is to write, not talk. — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
Shut up and write. Don't talk about writing, just physically do it. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
It's my belief that I was a writer - a very hardworking writer - well before I was published. I did care… — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
I think that feels like it to me. I mean whenever you talk about writing I think you have to remember that… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I always tell audiences when I talk about writing: Writing isn't something I do; writing is something that I am. I am… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
With traditional school visits, I also get to speak with people who haven't read my books and talk about my writing process… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
There are many things I think about that never get to the point of becoming serious. In other words, I try to… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
I'm too shy for personal appearances, and I've found out that anytime I talk about my writing, I can't do any writing… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
A lot of people talk to me about writing lyrics and it is obvious they are really paying attention to the fact… — Ryan Ross Copy Share Image
Whenever you talk about writing I think you have to remember that it all has a big question mark over it -… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
When I've taught writing to five, six, and seven year olds, it's not very different than talking to an adult writer. They're… — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
The secret to writing is writing. Lots of people I know talk about writing. They will tell me about the book they… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
In my writing class, we never, ever talk about the writing - ever. We never address a story that's been read. I… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
“Write. Don't talk about writing. Don't tell me about your wonderful story ideas. Don't give me a bunch of 'somedays'. Plant your… — Glen Cook Copy Share Image
The basic thing is to be humble, and pretend you're a bartender in the tavern of life. Don't get too comfortable and… — James McBride Copy Share Image
It's really hard to talk about writing, and I'm usually conscious if I'm misleading people or misleading the questioner, because the problem… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I don't talk very well. With writing, you've time to get it right. Also I've found the more I talk the less… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
I never talk about what I'm writing about currently, never. It's private work on your own, no need or obligation to talk… — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
Clear writing is universal. People talk about writing down to an audience or writing up to an audience; I think that's nonsense.… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
All this talk about writing is a little bit moot, because it is almost an unthinking process. It is actually a paradox… — Julia Leigh Copy Share Image
Somebody's always getting me to come lecture to their writing class, and I don't talk about writing at all, I talk about… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
Write. Don't talk about writing. Don't tell me about your wonderful story ideas. Don't give me a bunch of "somedays." Plant your… — Glen Cook Copy Share Image
I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go-to form of communication. And I… — Frank Ocean Copy Share Image
I can't imagine why everybody is always so keen for authors to talk about writing. I should have thought it was an… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
