Perhaps I write for no one. Perhaps for the same person children are writing for when they scrawl their names in the… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I don't get writer's block. I don't try to write anything; when something comes, I write it. I just practice and when… — Jose James Copy Share Image
I write in the mornings, two or three hours every day, and then at least four times a week I play in… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
Just do it. Get it down on the page. Work hard. And then let go. Ask yourself why you want to write.… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
The inspiration to write? Perhaps it's not so much inspiration, as a NEED to write. I get itchy and guilty and dissatisfied… — Eric Brown Copy Share Image
Something about writing needs a sort of distance not to be involved as a writer - just something that makes it easier… — Lena Andersson Copy Share Image
I would love to write something that people would still read 50 or 100 years from now. That comes with growing older, I think. — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image
I thought that you had to learn to write by yourself and if you couldn't do it, then you were out of… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
When I write a story, I try to write them from the perspective of victims. I try to write them from the… — Shaun King Copy Share Image
As a writer myself, my job has very often been to also write on the job. So you get the script and… — Sally Phillips Copy Share Image
In my day, when I was a young kid, army duty was compulsory in South Africa or you go to jail. I… — Trevor Rabin Copy Share Image
“When you write, you believe in something no one else can see. You spend lots of time committed to a project for… — Heather Sellers Copy Share Image
I write every day and I just love doing it. It's just... it's just a wonderful thing. Some of my stories work,… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
As long as I am given the opportunity to keep performing and keep exploring in whatever medium, I'll be happy. As long… — Dan Stevens Copy Share Image
The last thing I want to do is to write about real things. I am not interested in reality and in real… — Andre Aciman Copy Share Image
The usual run of children's books left me cold, and at the age of six I decided to write a book of… — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
The ability to write clearly and effectively is key to communication, this set of skills enrich one's mental health. Poor written communication… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
I want to write more and direct more, but only so I can keep practising my craft and be involved in the… — Benedict Samuel Copy Share Image
I always like it at a war. There is always the chance that you will get up the next morning and be… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I didn't have a lot of friends. I just walked around a lot and made up stories in my head. Then I'd… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
It was the part of Gambian culture where they give each other advice a lot, how they're always comparing things in order… — Seinabo Sey Copy Share Image
“I find that is the best way to write during emotional scenes...put yourself and your emotions in every single word.-Nina Jean Slack” — Nina Jean Slack 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
As you write plays, you discover what you believe. And until you know what you believe, you can't write a play. — David Hare Copy Share Image
On every new project, I try to write in a different way and see if there's a new side of myself I… — Ludovico Einaudi Copy Share Image
“We are each the author of our own story. No matter the past, we compose today’s pages. The trick is in deciding… — Emmanuelle de Maupassant Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about the Korean War, but I had no entry into it that made the kind of sense it… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I really love to write about food, crafts, and fashion, so those details will always be a part of my books. I… — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
“Do not write to impress others. Authors who write to impress people have difficulty remaining true to themselves.” — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
When I first started to write, I was aware of being queer, but I didn't write about it. Queer poems would probably… — Thom Gunn Copy Share Image
“I write to teach myself, explore myself, inspire myself (in which I always fail), analyze myself, clear myself (in how much deep… — Ovais Khalid Copy Share Image
Definitely they write themselves. It's an amazing experience. It's like the characters have come alive and are sitting on my shoulder talking… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
Well, as a songwriter, it's really dangerous to use the word love in a song. It's a word that has been used… — Jack White Copy Share Image
The thing about the 600 words, I mean some day, you can do a very, very, very hard day's work and not… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I like to think that I'm one of the few people in public life who write their own material. I write every… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I enter that higher-order space that's required to write, I'm a better human. For whatever my writing is, wherever it's ranked,… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Even when I cannot write, I know I am still a writer, just the way I know I am still sexual even… — Olga Broumas Copy Share Image
I learned that you can't write a book in the margins of your life. I'd forgotten how much uninterrupted time it takes… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
I can't write on the road. I have to be home. I have to be around all those rusted tractors and dilapidated… — John Fullbright Copy Share Image
