“Bolts work on nuts; pens work on paper. But you must work on yourself. Go, get working!” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“If you want to become a better writer, you have to write. But you also have to read.” — Kami Garcia Copy Share Image
The hardest part is making the time to write. Not finding the time to write, mind you. Making. — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
I myself never make any notes. Usually, if I write something down, I can't read it afterwards. — Roman Abramovich Copy Share Image
I love writing. I love to write, and I would eventually love to have some of my work produced. — Liana Liberato Copy Share Image
You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I know some children's writers write for specific children, or for the children they once were, but I never have. I just… — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything, than nothing… — Katherine Mansfield Copy Share Image
The way that I write novels in particular is I don't usually outline; I just write. Part of the fun is discovering… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
Write something that you are comfortable with. Do not venture into something that you do not want to write about, because gradually,… — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
You write a song about how you think at the time, and then gradually you drift away from that, and when it's… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
There's music every day. I don't think I could write without it. Not that I listen while I'm writing. It's more hearing… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
It's really hard to write personal songs. I'm not good at writing ditties because as far as writing hit songs that you… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
No music. No rituals. At home I write in my office or on the laptop in the kitchen where our puppy likes… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
I never thought I would write the way that I write for the studios now, which is like, not little novels, but… — Thomas Lennon Copy Share Image
I should mention something that nobody ever thinks about, but proofreading takes a lot of time. After you write something, there are… — John Updike Copy Share Image
The mental state I'm in is completely different, but the act of trying to write is the same. I mean, in all… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over… — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image
I'm a filmmaker; I want to make films. I don't want to sit in a hotel room waiting to make films, and… — Tobias Lindholm Copy Share Image
The hardest thing to do is to write straight honest prose on human beings. First you have to know the subject; then… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I wonder if books become in essence "files" if people wouldn't write them differently. I'm used to writing print books and I… — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
Why is it only when Rajinikanth is involved that you want to write controversies? — Aishwarya R. Dhanush Copy Share Image
I start work at 7 A.M. and write all day, seven days a week. If I don't write, I can't sleep. — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
Have compassion for yourself when you write. There is no failure - just a big field to wander in. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness. — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I can only write what makes me laugh, and what makes me laugh is the comedy I grew up on. — Brendan O'Carroll Copy Share Image
I would never write about someone that forced me to write at a lower register than what I can write, — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“Believe none of what you hear. Half of what you see. And everything you write.” — Jeph Loeb Copy Share Image
I hated being a novelist when I was 20 - I had nothing to write about. — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
I start writing at 7.30 A.M. and write till noon. I've never written a single word after 5.00 P.M. — Anita Shreve Copy Share Image
If cats could write history, their history would be mostly about cats. — Eugen Weber Copy Share Image
