You have two choices, write about something of significance or do something someone wants to write about. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
If you're going to write an anthem for an old man who's up at political bat for the last time, give him… — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
I don't write about too many male businessmen, and I'm not apt to write about too many female businessmen. — John Updike Copy Share Image
When you write non-fiction, you sit down at your desk with a pile of notebooks, newspaper clippings, and books and you research… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
“We write and rewrite to construct the best, in life we make our life and when we commit mistakes we try again… — Abaton Maynard Paul Copy Share Image
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course and the end cannot be far. It… — Robert Falcon Scott Copy Share Image
I write as a function. Without it I would fall ill and die. It's as much a part of one as the… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I'm not good at happy, lightweight kind of music. I'm not really good at pop music. 'Cars' is probably the only true… — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
I never try to convey a message, I just want to tell a story. Why that story in particular? I have no… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Because it was my first DC project, I wanted to make sure that if I only got one issue out of it,… — Charles Soule Copy Share Image
Grassroots techies - the mostly unknown people who write code and start companies that don't make the headlines - hate, loathe, and… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
I'm keeping my day job, because Poptropica is something that really energizes me. I'd love to create a TV series or write… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
You are going to feel like hell if you never write the stuff that is tugging on the sleeves in your heart--your… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
If I sit down with an electric guitar, what's going to come out are Sabbath/Zeppelin type riffs, but if I'm sitting behind… — Zakk Wylde Copy Share Image
“An idea in your head is merely an idle notion. But an idea written down, that's the beginning of something! Stripped down… — Patricia T. O'Conner Copy Share Image
It seems like many people think that if you drive yourself crazy, then you can write. I’m absolutely not interested in that.… — Kay Ryan Copy Share Image
“To write well is to have felt a tingle of joy in your being; to have left a little of your blood… — B.J. Kibble Copy Share Image
Most writers need to write. I write for money, really. If I won the lottery, I would never write another word. I… — Clarissa Dickson Wright Copy Share Image
If there's something that I really need to say that I can't say by speaking to someone, I usually write it in… — Joshua Radin Copy Share Image
I'm not too easily distracted now I've had practice, but I write with nothing to look at. I used to rent an… — Jane Goldman Copy Share Image
I have a love-hate relationship with Twitter. There are moments I feel like 99 percent of the people who write stuff are… — Carice van Houten Copy Share Image
If you want to be a writer, write a little bit every day. Pay attention to the world around you. Stories are… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
There are certain topics songwriters stay away from because it's hard to go there. I didn't sit down and go, 'I want… — Robert Coppola Schwartzman Copy Share Image
Why do I write? I have been called a writer of catastrophes, but that isn't true. I am always looking for words… — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
You cannot write well or much (and I venture the opinion that you cannot write well unless you write much) unless you… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Most of the pleasure of making a book would go if it held nothing to be shared by other people. I would… — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
“There is no ceremony, no initiation ritual, no secret hand-shake. All you need to be a writer is to write.” — M. Kirin Copy Share Image
“Writing is a wonderful voyage of discovery. So sit down and write, and see where your mind can take you...” — Sarah Jane Avory Copy Share Image
I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
Relatinships r like a book It taks a few seconds to burn But It takes years to write So write it carfuly… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So I be written in the Book of Love. I do not care about that Book Above. Erase my name, or write… — Omar Khayyam Copy Share Image
Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters. — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
I write human stories. I write about people. Not as a product of their environment. But from the stance that everybody is… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
I didn't set out to write. It was just something I always could do. Teachers would say, 'you really have this gift,'… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
My ideal is to write most of the day, then go running, find friends and socialise all evening; my mind recharges with… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
I wish I could write more make-believe. It's a lot easier to write about hard times and when things are going wrong.… — Gwen Stefani Copy Share Image
I had a horrible heart attack and still have symptoms of that sometimes. Then cancer, which is in remission. But the stroke… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
This election isn't about Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. It's about you. The other guys write $10 million checks and make $10,000… — Jim Messina Copy Share Image
I discovered that, in order to write a magnificent piece, you should shoot the images because once you are filming, you are… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share Image
I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to… — John Irving Copy Share Image
