I've loved thrillers and spy stories since I was a kid. It's probably not a bad rule of thumb to write the… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“What do you want? Let’s just start with the basics. Write down anything that you want in your life. These can be… — Richard Brodie Copy Share Image
You can't really write a full album about your missus. She'll start getting the wrong idea and start thinking I like her. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
“You don't write poems sitting at a typewriter; you write them swimming or climbing a mountain or walking.” — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
I am just diving into life again. I just have nothing new to offer right now as an idea for a book.… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
Adulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I dont feel everybody can connect to. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
I can write, He floated up to the ceiling, and a baby rabbit came out of his pocket, grew wings, and flew… — Humphrey Carpenter Copy Share Image
Young writers need to be encouraged to write - just write - with no restrictions on form, style or content. — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
“People ask me all the time why I write. I do realize that one day I will have to answer this question,… — Kacey Vanderkarr Copy Share Image
Music is supposed to be entertaining and if it touches you emotionally, so much the better. Sometimes you do it to save… — Guy Clark Copy Share Image
I'm writing out of desperation. I felt compelled to write to make sense of it to myself - so I don't end… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
Only a great genius like the Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell can be mother, wife and novelist without solitude. I couldn't write until… — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality. That's why writing… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I've never written anything before in my entire life, but I have read many comics, so I just wrote what I would… — Iman Vellani Copy Share Image
To write? Because all this is going to vanish. The only thing left will be the prose and poems, the books, what… — James Salter Copy Share Image
What I want, when I write a poem, is no more than this: that it be preserved in some published form so… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I'll never sing something that I've never been through. So even if I didn't write it, I have to have at least… — Jana Kramer Copy Share Image
When we write, we complement each other. We wrote six songs, Barry and I, while Robin was ill during the American tour,… — Maurice Gibb Copy Share Image
I write mostly in my office in the shed outside at home, but it can get very cold. I write best on… — Dermot Healy Copy Share Image
There are many things I think about that never get to the point of becoming serious. In other words, I try to… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
This is the life I live, and this is the stuff I experience. And like any good writer, I should just write… — Sune Rose Wagner Copy Share Image
The first few months of my life of every year are in total retreat. I don't see anybody except my husband and… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I write about what haunts me, and I write the books I myself am dying to read. I love it. I can't… — Caroline Leavitt Copy Share Image
I don't spend the day writing. I'll maybe write fresh copy for two hours, and then I'll go back and revise some… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I do write a lot of prose. It's not disciplined enough yet that it's actually become stories, or short stories. The idea… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
If you write, and you are really alone (writing is a lonely thing), you learn to be alone without suffering. When you… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
When I sit down in front of a Windows machine, I can't write; when I sit down in front of my Mac,… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
I write by hand, making many, many corrections. I would say I cross out more than I write. I have to hunt… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
The idea that I could write songs that people wanted to hear came from other people who said they liked what I… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
I have a horror of the blank page. I simply cannot write on a blank page or screen. Because once I do,… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
I always wanted to write. While I was on a long surf trip, supporting myself with various day jobs, I was working… — William Finnegan Copy Share Image
There's no way to learn how to write a hit song. There's no formula for it. You just have to have it… — Al Jardine Copy Share Image
If you listen to the songs I write, they are the most ADHD songs ever. They have five hooks in one and… — will.i.am Copy Share Image
Most of my work is, I get an idea, and, with the help of Wikipedia, I can write. I don't have to… — Simon Rich Copy Share Image
I write a lot about my experiences and the people I meet. Ive got a lot of material. But a book about… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
My grand plan is that I can master having a better life by making sure I have a regular flow of songs.… — Imogen Heap Copy Share Image
Theme is great for people who like to approach stories that way, but it's an organizing principle that helps us write a… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
The hardest part for me during the creation stage is actually putting words on paper that make sense and tell my story… — Linda Conrad Copy Share Image
No writing is a waste of time – no creative work where the feelings, the imagination, the intelligence must work. With every… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image