“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
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
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
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
“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
I kind of write in a very classic way. I sit in the piano, working on some catchy, cool melodies and coming… — Jonas Blue Copy Share Image
My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as… — John Legend Copy Share Image
I write while my son is at school. At about 7:45 A.M., I walk him there, with the dogs, then walk them… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
The first record I made when I was 17. Labels merged and plans didn't work out, but plans never work out as… — Ashley Monroe Copy Share Image
Though 'Fire and Rain' is very personal, for other people it resonates as a sort of commonly held experience... And that's what… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
“There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I… — Aesha K Shah Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, if the guy is going to write the girl a letter, whether it's chicken scratch or… — Meghan Markle Copy Share Image
I've always written about people who have very abstracted in a certain way. I write about scientists and artists and musicians. I… — Andrea Barrett 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
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
The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
Ever since I could first write I have been doing so. When I was taught how to write and read at school,… — Anita Desai Copy Share Image
In order for me to write, I have to experience life. I write the songs based on real life, and I perform… — Estelle Copy Share Image
I love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the… — Alan Garner Copy Share Image
I write all year long, and at the end of the year I pull these forty or fifty things out and say,… — Toby Keith Copy Share Image
“It’s not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer. I write because… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
I really love writing comedy. Writing romantic comedy is even nicer because you get to write about how insane we all act… — Pearl Cleage Copy Share Image
Telling takes away the need to write. It relieves the pressure. And once that tension dissipates, so does the need to relieve… — Donald Margulies Copy Share Image
“When I write, I can see things that I can't otherwise see, and I feel things that I can't otherwise feel.” — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
I didn't need to write historical epics, no, or science fiction, though I read a lot of science fiction as a kid… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I want to write my daughter something about how much I love her and what I would want to say to her… — Ali Wong Copy Share Image
I can write with authority only about what I know well, which means that I end up using surface details of my… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
I have to be by myself when I write, and I never know how long it will take. It is like making… — Annie Fellows Johnston Copy Share Image
Yeah, I record on voice memos. I got like 1,000-something memos. If I'm in the middle of something and I can't get… — Big Sean Copy Share Image
A recurring ideal, I find, is that of simplicity. At times there comes the desire to write with great precision and clarity,… — R. S. Thomas Copy Share Image
“Write the truest sentence you know. Then write another." -- Hemingway's advice to other young writers in "A Moveable Feast.” — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
You guys will write what you want to write, people will say what they want to say. I can't control any of… — Jason Spezza Copy Share Image
I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Every story I write starts with a dilemma or a theme. Once I am convinced that this is the issue that is… — Siegfried Lenz Copy Share Image
“When you write, you can hide behind your words. When you talk, you are up front, like the clown in the midway… — Willard R. Espy Copy Share Image
I wish I could [keep a journal]. I have a lot of journals with one page half written in. I sometimes will… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image