I write to get myself writing. That and read Wallace Stevens' "An Ordinary Evening in New Haven" for the umpteenth time. Certain… — Dan Chiasson Copy Share Image
I don't *ever* write about real people. Art is supposed to be better than that. If you want a slice of life,… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Youre right, I do write a lot. In some ways, staying home and not being able to tour was kind of normal… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
When I write the set, I try to create something that will not only be interesting for the audience, but will have… — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
People often write after they finish their career, or they don't play anymore, or they are not anymore active. So I say,… — Zlatan Ibrahimovic Copy Share Image
For me and most of the other writers I know, writing is not rapturous. In fact, the only way I can get… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Life is like chapters in a book.. We can't erase what has been already written but we can write a better ending… — Abhishek Tiwari Copy Share Image
Some of my affectionate envious friends say, "You write too much." Maybe, I answer. But as long as the best of your… — Juan Ramon Jimenez Copy Share Image
Write all the time. I believe in writing every day, at least a thousand words a day. We have a strange idea… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
When lockdown happened, and I didn't have that focus to sit down and write a novel, which is what I was supposed… — Dawn O'Porter Copy Share Image
If you're writing a song, you have to write something that can be understood serially. When you're reading a poem that's written… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
Anyone of any age, any race, any background, any education - if they write an interesting enough book - can become a… — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Copy Share Image
I've had a lot of girls reach out to me about struggling with body image. I've only been able to write back… — Troian Bellisario Copy Share Image
I think when you are an aspiring writer, you must write every day. It's not as though anybody will call you up… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
When I got out of high school, I thought, 'I'll take a year or two off and play the clubs, get this… — Gregg Allman Copy Share Image
You can't write a novel all at once, any more than you can swallow a whale in one gulp. You do have… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
I cannot write to anyone outside myself--if I tried, it would be a horrible story, flat and lifeless. I write to myself.… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
There's no big splashy renaissance in Italian films. We have good young actors and directors. What we lack are screenwriters. It's hard… — Valeria Golino Copy Share Image
People sometimes seem surprised because often, you know, you know, there's a lot of tortured characters in the stuff I write. — Mike White Copy Share Image
Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there's a lot of subtlety. That's what I'm proud of. — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
“It doesn’t matter that something you’ve done before worked out well. Your last piece is never going to write your next one… — John McPhee Copy Share Image
There are many stories I've wanted to write that I'm simply not able to - sometimes I haven't found the way in… — Mary J. Miller Copy Share Image
Regret is something I wanted to write a lot about because once you make a decision, regret doesn't do anything except linger… — Crystal Hana Kim Copy Share Image
I'm a writer, not an actor. I want to write rather than perform. I'm looking forward to disappearing for a while. — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
I usually write in my kitchen, which is a large, octagonal room that looks into woods - three big windows look out… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
My mother was a very talented artist. When she was in jail, we'd write letters back and forth; that was pretty much… — Jarrett J. Krosoczka Copy Share Image
Having a point to start is important. You know that when you decide to write something it's like a commitment. It's like… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I think the most satisfying part about filmmaking is seeing a production in full bloom. When I write, I write in isolation. — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
If people like something you've done - or don't like it - this shouldn't determine what you write or how you write… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
I don't write a word of the article until I have the lead. It just sets the whole tone - the whole… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
I'll tell you something, and this is true: I've never been able to write a film which I didn't respect. I just… — Harold Pinter Copy Share Image
I wish I could go back and re-write my first novel for the first time. Because I really didn't know what I… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
It's so much easier to write for a person in your life than to write for some imagined readership, so you write… — Jonah Peretti Copy Share Image
Theres really not much that people can pick on me for my work, so obviously they find other reasons to write something… — Sonakshi Sinha Copy Share Image
Writers feel like a middleman, standing with pen in hand over the page. A force greater than me stands above telling me… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
No one in the whole movie ever asks anyone, Did you write this letter' Part of the reason is that no one… — Kate Capshaw Copy Share Image
When you write, you are alone. It can be a bit of a shock later to discover that people have read what… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
I write exactly what I think. If it's a raw subject, I write lots of things and then pull out all the… — FKA twigs Copy Share Image
I've realized that I will probably write about teenagers and that time in people's lives - I'll probably come back to it… — Charles Forsman Copy Share Image
