I think all writers are mainly writing for themselves because I believe that most writers are writing based on a need to… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
Women are never the protagonists; we're always reactionary against everything that's done to us. I like people who write for women that… — Neve McIntosh Copy Share Image
Cameron Crowe can write dialogue and shoot it with warmth and humor like nobody else. — Emma McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I was raised in Harlem. I never found a book that took place in Harlem. I never had a church like mine… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
I've been grateful that 'Time's' reach and mandate is so broad; anything you're interested in, you can usually write about. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
I write as if I were drunk. It is a process of intuition rather than placing myself above my story like a… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
I think what will happen is that fiction will become more like poetry. As in, the only people who read it will… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
I just write books, and I do it without any notion of what I should do or shouldn't do. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
I had to actually purchase a book to learn the API and write the client. It was pretty frustrating trying to learn… — Shawn Fanning Copy Share Image
Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
Exposing characters and their shortcomings gives me great comfort. It's always great to write about someone more mixed up than yourself. — Matthew Nable Copy Share Image
When you pick up a book, everyone knows it's imaginary. You don't have to pretend it's not a book. We don't have… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
One thing I learned is how much easier it is to write about clothes than it is to make them. — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
Each night before I go to bed, I take out a small card and write a list of the things I need… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a sci-fi story that would appeal to young women. Loads of girls like sci-fi, but it's more culturally… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
I've been known to write on the Underground in London and on the subway in New York. I have two or three… — Douglas Kennedy Copy Share Image
The only strategy I know of is to write every day, which I don't always do, because sometimes I just can't, for… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
No one can make the album they made 10 years ago with a straight face. There are two reasons: one is you… — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
“The artist must be like that Marine. He has to know how to be miserable. He has to love being miserable.” — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
Read every sentence you write out loud. If it sounds boring, kill it. — James Altucher Copy Share Image
I just really like people, and being a freelancer can be lonely during the day, when you're at home trying to write… — Kristen Schaal Copy Share Image
Anytime someone uses one of my songs for anything - a ceremony or a sacred moment - that, to me, is a… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I had written a book. For various reasons, the publishing industry had decided that my book was going to be 'important.' The… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
