I used to write on a big old couch, but I gave that away. I was wise enough to give it to… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
I don't really write with living actors in mind. I guess I write for dead actors. I'll think of like, you know,… — Brian Helgeland Copy Share Image
Anything that broadens your musicality always moves the way you write drum or guitar parts. — Philip Selway Copy Share Image
“I have found a higher calling; inspirational-writing! I can’t imagine myself doing any other work, when I ought to write and transmit,… — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
It was not until I began to write a book called 'Light Years' that an editor really stepped in. The editor was… — James Salter 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
My dad would go to work every day and write in a room full of funny people. He enjoyed it. I know… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I waste most of the day, then finally start to write around 3 P.M., totally disgusted with myself for my wasteful nature. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Normally, I just sit in my quiet little room and do the small things that bring me pleasures. I read my books,… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
I'm working on my music a lot, like folk singing, guitar. It's sort of rocky, folky, alty, angsty. I'm putting a lot… — Jamie Campbell Bower Copy Share Image
I was trained as a fine artist. I went to a progressive public school in Pennsylvania that developed these talents, but I… — Lynda Resnick Copy Share Image
America gave me the opportunity to open successful restaurants, start a TV show, and write books. I can even fill an auditorium… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whether I'll get the chance to write fiction, I don't know. I could do political conspiracy thrillers, couldn't I? With an investigative… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
Singing was probably my first love, and song writing. I write a lot of love songs and heartbreaking songs. — Nolan Sotillo Copy Share Image
How much energy is wasted in Italy in trying to write the novel that obeys all the rules. The energy might have… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
I'm kind of concerned about 'Ego & Hubris' because I'm thinking that people will read it and maybe even be entertained by… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
They say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
At least for me, it takes more knowledge to write fiction than nonfiction. At least about someplace that I begin with a… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
I think when it comes to women who write or who fancy ourselves 'hip downtown literati', there is a certain contempt for… — Julie Klausner Copy Share Image
Whatever it is, if you draw, you paint, you're a carpenter, you play football, the more you do it, you're a journalist,… — Tom Sizemore Copy Share Image
I've been doing nineteen hours a day on London, nothing else, I mean this has been my whole life, and writing has… — Jeffrey Archer Copy Share Image
If you want a transcript of tonight's program, get a pen and write down everything I said. — Kevin Nealon Copy Share Image
I write to music, and Nina Simone is always on my playlist to write to. I mean, shes inspiring. She's truthful and… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
