There is absolutely no point in sitting down to write a book unless you feel that you must write that book, or… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
I write about everything, but I just - how faith filters through all that and colors your opinion of other people and… — Amy Grant Copy Share Image
I sing because it soothes me, and I write because I want to let others know that they're not alone with their… — Seinabo Sey Copy Share Image
The most important thing is to write material that YOU think is funny. If you don't think it's funny, but you're convinced… — Mo Rocca Copy Share Image
You can't write ... on the strength of influence. You can only write a good story or a good novel by yourself. — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
No one can write perfect English and keep it up through a stretch of ten chapters. It has never been done. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The only reason I write is that I feel I have to. Being the creator of a project puts me in a… — David Hewlett Copy Share Image
I don't write a great song every day. I don't write a great song every couple weeks. It comes in such random… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
Every writer writes in different ways, and so some write the music first, while others write the lyrics first, and some write… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
For a writer you have to be interested in different cultures, different backgrounds. You are not there to write only about your… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Writing with kids is an adventure. It seems like someone always has the flu or pink-eye. I mean, you don't even have… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
What I've become convinced makes a writer are the days you hate it, the days you'd rather stick those pencils in your… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
There are several authors who are also lawyers - and not only the ones who write legal thrillers. There are other attorneys… — Candace Camp Copy Share Image
It's been a while since I've written a novel aimed at the adult market, but I never sit down and say to… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
After so many books and so many years of writing, I have a good idea of my strengths and weaknesses. I love… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
I write for children because I am interested in fantasy and the possibilities for experience of all kinds before the time of… — Natalie Babbitt Copy Share Image
I'm the kind of person who lives my art. It's not that I want to necessarily do it: it's that I have… — Jason Derulo Copy Share Image
I just write verses. I don't write all day long. When I have something that needs to be said, I just write… — Iman Shumpert Copy Share Image
You write about what you have access to, and I have been fortunate enough to have a front-row seat on the rich… — Dominick Dunne Copy Share Image
When I am on a long run in a play, I'm not sure how I would fill the days if I did… — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
How many words a day do I write? Between six and seven thousand. And how many hours does that take? Three on… — John Creasey Copy Share Image
I don't pare down much. I write the beginning of a story in a notebook and it comes out very close to… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
I must write each day without fail, not so much for the success of the work, as in order not to get… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Write something that not only you will always remember, but everyone that reads it will cherish it. You will make sure that… — Orlandito Gonzalez Copy Share Image
There's something about the shape that a poem takes in my mind before I write it that has to do with suddenness. — Dana Goodyear Copy Share Image
I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I,… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
I'm a more skilled writer now, but after 23 books it's harder to be fresh and that's really important to me. I… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“To write well, to write passionately, to be less inhibited, to be warmer, to be more self-critical, to recognize the power of… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
The chances of a person breaking through their own habits and sloth and limited mind to actually write something that gets out… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
If I write something set 60 years in the future, I am going to have to explain how humanity got there, and… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
I write for fun. I had written a kind of media satire, but I doubt it will see the light of day.… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
When you write a play, you work out like a musician on a piece of music. You find all the rhythms and… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I do have something to say, so I'll sit there and I'll write a song to someone - and then I… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
I write mostly as a director. That's why my screenplays are very detailed. So I get into the images I see. I… — Deepa Mehta Copy Share Image
I can't write. I can handle bits of simple-minded advert copy or a poster slogan, so answering questions is about all I'm… — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
I write as if to save somebody’s life. Probably my own. Life is a kind of madness that death makes. Long live… — Clarice Lispector Copy Share Image
“I can write, because writing—unlike choreography, architecture, or conquering kingdoms—is a thing you can do when you’re lonely and poor, and have… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
I end up writing about all kinds of things. I never make an attempt to write about anything in particular. I don't… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
When you write you have a certain vision of how it could be and it's great to be able to see it… — Etan Cohen Copy Share Image
I don't trust myself enough. When I write, I overwrite. Gingerbread. Too much gingerbread. Writing is probably the only hobby I have.… — John Goodman Copy Share Image
