Rose are red; violets are blue; when I think of you, my writing comes out corny. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If, when you wake up in the morning, you can think of nothing but writing . . . then you are a writer. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Try to think of writing as a gift - more complexly put: it is the curse and the cure. — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard. — David Walliams Copy Share Image
“Don't think about the writing process too much. Just do one thing: tell the motherfucking story.” — Don Roff Copy Share Image
Write, write, and write some more. Think of writing as a muscle that needs lots of exercise. — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
I try not to think too much about my writing process - I tend to feel my way forward and find more… — Nick Petrie Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to think of writing a novel, because it takes so long. — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
Too often we take notes on writing, we think about writing but never do it. I want you to walk into the… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
The only people who think writing is easy are people who don't write. Writing's a difficult, courageous act. Bravery is required, as… — Gillian Roberts Copy Share Image
I think that, when you're writing your songs, there's always a debate about whether, is that you in the song? Is it… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
People think writing is a very distinguished, cerebral thing, where all you do is write. It doesn't work that way. People have… — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
This is not necessarily the answer people want, but ultimately, I think writing is an amoral process. Your ultimate responsibility is to… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
I approach writing female characters the same why I approach writing male characters. I never think I'm writing about women, I think… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I think that writing and publishing are different. I think I will always write; I might not always publish. The idea of… — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
I think writing is a difficult thing and you need to suffer a little bit, even if it's just to sit there… — Brian Helgeland Copy Share Image
When you think about being a director, you think about writing stories, putting the camera in interesting places and directing the actors… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I think all writing is about writing. All writing is a way of going out and exploring the world, of examining the… — Nick Laird Copy Share Image
Make sure your family and loved ones don’t interrupt you during your writing time. If you’re a lawyer or doctor, friends don’t… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
We should think more about it, and accustom ourselves to the thought of death. We can't allow the fear of death to… — Dmitri Shostakovich Copy Share Image
You will write if you will write without thinking of the result in terms of a result, but think of the writing… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
Perhaps one would be wise when young even to avoid thinking of oneself as a writer - for there's something a little… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
I try to make the writing as regular and regimented as possible. I usually get up at around 5 a.m. and read… — Christopher Paul Curtis Copy Share Image
To write more from memory and to be more creative - I think - because I am still writing about Los Angeles… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“I live in a world in which 40 men control wealth equal to that of nearly 80 countries, where to maintain their… — Cecile Pineda Copy Share Image
“Writing is such an industry now. In many ways, that's a good thing, in that it removes all the muse-like mystique and… — Russell T. Davies Copy Share Image
“I wanted to write not because I thought writing would bring about change. I simply loved it. Writing, in itself, allowed me… — Kyung-Sook Shin Copy Share Image
“We don’t normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology, which means that a literate person is someone whose… — Ted Chiang Copy Share Image
“It was in that room too that I learned not to think about anything that I was writing from the time I… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
