I used to be able to write five pages a day, every day, no problem. Now a good day is five or… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I'll write about myself, or people I know, or archetypal characters, but the goal is to get at some truth, not to… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
'The Indian Runner' was easy. It had been incubating in me for eight years, and by the time I sat down to… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
“You write out of experience, and a large part of that experience is the life of the spirit; reading is the liberation… — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
Comedians kind of write what comes to them. You can give yourself little assignments, but it's what inspires you. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I write to understand my circumstances, to sort out the confusion of reality, to exorcise my demons. But most of all, I… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“Why do we write? "To make suffering endurable To make evil intelligible To make justice desirable and . . . to make love possible” — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
“You ask me why I do not write something… I think one's feelings waste themselves in words, they ought all to be… — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
The first thing a writer has to do is find another source of income. Then, after you have begged, borrowed, stolen or… — Ellen Gilchrist Copy Share Image
“Who do I write for? I thought about this again and again over the next few days until the answer crystalized in… — Diriye Osman Copy Share Image
If you write for God you will reach many men and bring them joy. If you write for men--you may make some… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Write every day. Don't kill yourself. I think a lot of people think, 'I have to write a chapter a day' and… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“When people ask me how I write, I always answer, “Out loud.” It’s the single most important piece of advice I give… — Jeffrey Robinson Copy Share Image
For years, I sort of would try to write a story that somehow fit the title. And I don't think it happened… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
One of the reasons it's important for me to write about war is I really think that the concept of war, the… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Taking the time to write in our lives gives us the time of our lives. As we describe our environments, we begin… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Writing is fun - at least mostly. I write for four hours every day. After that I go running. As a rule,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
You'll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
“You don't need paper to write a letter. You can write letters in your head" -Ruby "What do you mean?" -Virgil "You… — Erin Entrada Kelly Copy Share Image
When I write I simply follow my heart. And my flights of fantasy. It is not done with a conscious effort. I'm… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Do I appreciate the idea of jealousy, revenge and all these so-called dark qualities? Yes. Do I write these songs in order… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Your success as a writer will probably not depend on how well you write so much as in how you handle rejections. — Gilbert Morris Copy Share Image
For someone who wants to write a story, they should go on thinking about the story. When it comes up to a… — Sudha Murty Copy Share Image
I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after… — Anita Diament Copy Share Image
I was 35 when I started taking classes at Ohio University. After I got my degree, I kept working at the mill.… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
It was not just that Ross Macdonald taught us how to write; he did something much more, he taught us how to… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
There are certain things I couldn't write because they're not intrinsic to my beliefs. For instance, I couldn't write a hero or… — Lori Foster Copy Share Image
It took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published. — Cynthia Kadohata Copy Share Image
Aside from the Rizzoli & Isles books, there are many other stories I want to write. The question is whether I'll live… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
Writing takes a lot of patience. It usually takes me a year to write a book. One time, it took me 14… — Avi Copy Share Image
I never liked working on editorial-driven comics. I just didn't see what was the point. They don't pay well enough for me… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when… — Don Marquis Copy Share Image
I'm not like some other writers: I have no actual urgent need or desire to add to what's written. You write it;… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Writing is my number one passion. I've written two novels. I've written a screenplay. I also write short stories and poetry. — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
I write nearly every day. Some days I write for ten or eleven hours. Other days I might only write for three… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Now, as I've gotten older I've been able to write more quickly. Sometimes I get in the space of something and I… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
A part of my kind of design and inspiration ethos is that I carry around a leather notebook and I sketch in… — John Varvatos Copy Share Image
When I have time, I write other things. I'm working on a book, I paint, I sculpt, I play with my dog,… — Taylor Momsen Copy Share Image
I envisioned that as my life: staying in academia to make a living and then taking summers off to write my novels. — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
With all the things I know, one could write a book... Although, one might also say that, considering all that I don’t… — Sacha Guitry Copy Share Image
