If you make your living writing, and you can't write anything, it's over. It's very frightening. — Sting Copy Share Image
I am a disciplined person. When I am writing, I write for 7-8 hours. — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
I write pretty much year-round, but I definitely do more when a deadline is looming. — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
Everything that I write, I somehow tie it back into who I am and how I grew up. — Jimmie Allen Copy Share Image
If I am to write, I must have a room to myself, which shall be my room. — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
Benjamin: I'm glad to hear your witirng experiment inspired you to read more. Reading is the best way to learn to write.… — Mamahooana Copy Share Image
Some people may not like me when they have a pen in their hand, so they write what they want. That's fine.… — Darrelle Revis Copy Share Image
Serious writers write, inspired or not. Over time they discover that routine is a better friend than inspiration. — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
When I set out to write crime fiction, I didn't think to myself, 'I'm going to model myself on Agatha Christie' or… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
Now, I don't expect what I write to change things. I think I write now simply as a witness. This is how… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
I try to write life and not songs. People live life, and when you write life, you're going to mess around and… — R. Kelly Copy Share Image
Other people can write grown-up, political plays about the troubles in the world. My plays deal with magic and hope. — Colman Domingo 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
Write what you know. Every guide for the aspiring author advises this. Because I live in a long-settled rural place, I know… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
Being an insomniac only slows me down. I try not to write at night, as I'm concerned that this will affect the… — Elliot Perlman Copy Share Image
Sometimes an old idea gets relegated to the back of the line in the mad delight of a new idea, one you've… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
During the course of the day, I write things down, things I don't do anything with. Then, when I get ready to… — Bootsy Collins Copy Share Image
I think it's very, very, very hard to get a book published. I never want to be one of those teachers that… — Alyson Richman Copy Share Image
Your first book is the only one that matters. Perhaps a writer should write only that one. That is the one moment… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
It's like these ideas, these characters, kind of bubble up inside me, and one day they're not there, and the next day… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Those situations were just taking over my entire life. It was fun to write in a way, because it helped me take… — Nicole Atkins Copy Share Image