I believe in the verb, not the noun - I am not a writer, but someone compelled to write. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
To be honest with you, I don't male-bash. I don't believe in male-bashing. I write about things that are natural, that happen… — Cherrelle Copy Share Image
When I write the music for any of my songs, I write as a composer-lyricist in my head. — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
I wanted to be of service to the Peace League, and how could I better do so than by trying to write… — Bertha von Suttner Copy Share Image
I write books for all age groups - young kids, teenagers and adults - because I get a range of different ideas. — Catherine Jinks Copy Share Image
Writers tend to write stories as a kind of holiday between novels, or as preliminary steps towards a novel. Stories just don't… — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
Economic chasm between people is something that is of interest to me. And something that I used to write about even as… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
So what do you desire to do? What do you really want to do as a person? You need to stop and… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
“Remember each new day you get to turn a page in your life and write your own story. So how do you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've loved thrillers and spy stories since I was a kid. It's probably not a bad rule of thumb to write the… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
You have tremendous freedom in the young adult book world to write what you want. You can put R-rated content in a… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
Whenever I write about mental health and integrative therapies, I am accused of being prejudiced against pharmaceuticals. So let me be clear… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I write entirely in English; Tagalog chauvinists chide me for this. I feel no guilt in doing so. But I am sad… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
I always knew that was what I wanted to do - to write, particularly poetry. — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
One of the great joys of being able to write something you can make, if you get certain actors you want and… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
I've learned that I have to be happy with creating discussion and debate and that I shouldn't be trying to write a… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
I need to be very isolated to write, and unfortunately isolation is often quite difficult to find. My ideal writing environment would… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
You set up a story and it turns inside out and that is, for me, the most exciting sort of story to… — Nigel Kneale Copy Share Image
The single best piece of advice I give to aspiring writers is to always write about things that they know. I suggest… — D. J. MacHale Copy Share Image
“I don't write like this in order to show how clever and well read I am--though I am rather clever and well… — John Heath-Stubbs Copy Share Image
In a weird way, 'Veronica Mars' was my reaction to 'Freaks and Geeks' because 'Freaks and Geeks' was the show I wanted… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
When I write a screenplay, and when I direct, I always pull lines out. — Stanley Tucci Copy Share Image
I do a lot of revising on paper. Sometimes I think I should just write longhand - what I type reads very… — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image