I write the last line, and then I write the line before that. I find myself writing backwards for a while, until… — John Irving Copy Share Image
It's hard to make a living as a novelist. My first novel 'Tapping the Source' made quite a splash in Hollywood, and… — Kem Nunn Copy Share Image
My characters are quite as real to me as so-called real people; which is one reason why I'm not subject to what… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Compared with other Indian film composers, I only write about six movies a year. Others write up to 60. — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
Every Thanksgiving, we all write down three things we're thankful for and put them in a hat. Then we pass the hat… — Debby Ryan Copy Share Image
I was in Siena and decided I wanted to write a story set there. Then I discovered that the original story of… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
Why do we read biography? Why do we choose to write it? Because we are human beings, programmed to be curious about… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
Some people start with the lyrics first because they know what they want to talk about and they just write a whole… — John Legend Copy Share Image
We write in ways that, we generally hope, reflect real life, or at least look familiar to humans. And in life, recurring… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
Because I was a television writer for many years, I write very conversationally. I put things straight, and with a lot of… — Tracy McMillan Copy Share Image
Mark Helprin and Lawrence Durrell, both of whom write fat and florid novels that appall me now but opened my eyes to… — Kevin Patterson Copy Share Image
A straight writer can write a gay novel and not worry about it, and a gay novelist can write about straight people. — Edmund White Copy Share Image
I write about emotions - falling in and out of love, finding what you want to do, no matter where you are… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
It's too late for that - trying to second guess it. It's over. I'm worried about how to get the kids through… — Christopher Darden Copy Share Image
At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs. My dad used to take them to the notary and… — Shakira Copy Share Image
Pacing is not the sort of thing you can plan out beforehand, but you're always aware of it as you write, because… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Copy Share Image
I think if you've got a good idea it will stand out in one of the different mediums. For example, something might… — Danny Wallace Copy Share Image
If you write a hit song for Britney Spears, it's worth several million dollars. Just one song! And it might have taken… — Jewel Copy Share Image
What kind of hard SF do I write? Everything from near-future, Earth-centric techno-thrillers to far-future, far-flung interstellar epics. — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
I was a kind of angsty teenager and I would write diaries and write stuff down all the time. Sometimes I get… — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
Well actually, some weeks they'll write that I'm jealous of living in her shadow. Then other weeks, they'll write that all I… — Ryan Phillippe Copy Share Image
For several decades, I believed it was necessary to be extraordinary if you wanted to write, and since I wasn't, I gave… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
Someone yelled at me once, 'You never write about yourself.' People used to get so mad at me for that. But my… — Suzan-Lori Parks Copy Share Image
