I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have… — Iris Chang Copy Share Image
“If you're frightened of the countless number of books in the library, you'll never write anything, until you close your eyes and… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you write things that sound really great when you're at home but don't work when you shine the light of an… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
“As for advice—write as much as you can! Time’s ticking, and if you don’t throw everything you have into your stories today,… — Darren Shan Copy Share Image
I think it's important to let each thing you write teach you how to write it. You must listen to what you… — Jill Alexander Essbaum Copy Share Image
If I was going to write something, I'd need to stop for three months and just see if I had any thoughts… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
It's a big shame that when you have a platform to write about Save the Children, the media interest lies with my… — Erin O'Connor Copy Share Image
Write from your heart, write from your soul.. make the best of your talent and don't ever let it go not for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People sometimes ask who I would cast in my books and I never have any idea. I don't think I could ever… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
To do more of a concert thing, it takes so much preparation. You don't just show up and wing it. You're putting… — Kaskade Copy Share Image
If Barbra Steisand wants to make a picture called 'My Pink Fingernail,' the studios will go, 'Gee, Barbra, what a wonderful idea!… — Mickey Rooney Copy Share Image
It's fun for me to try to write concise, compact things. It's a very good exercise for me. And I think it's… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
It always starts as journaling for me. I find if I try to write a song, it doesn't feel as sincere as… — JP Saxe Copy Share Image
You know how some people write every day at a certain point? I'm not like that. I carry something around for a… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
Writers who don't read can't write well. It's that simple. The more you read, the better you read, the better you'll write.… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
I have a really good idea of who my readers are and always write with a sensitivity to my audience. I use… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing. — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
“He said, You’ll write it not because there’s no possibility it’ll be found but because it costs too much to not write… — China Miéville Copy Share Image
“Most things I pen for you remain unheeded or unheard as they, like feathers, float in the wind to be lost forever… — Virginia Alison Copy Share Image
It's the bane of my life and my existence, people telling me to be a little more succinct with what I write. — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
I hope and pray that I'll be one of those fortunate people who have many, many books to write. I don't begrudge… — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
Be bold, and try not to fall in love with your faults. Don't be so afraid of giving yourself away, either, for… — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
“When I want to write something I just sit down (or stand up) and do it. Scribble, scribble, nothing could be easier.… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I work every day. I write every day. I walk around in silent conversation with my latest unfinished songs. — Gord Downie Copy Share Image
“Writing is one method of dealing with being human or wanting to suicide cause in order to write you kill yourself at… — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I would have ever decided to try to write when I was forty-five if I hadn't already gotten that… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
Writers don't write writing, they write reading. When I was a kid, I read four or five books a week. And that… — Avi Copy Share Image
I have my dark side like anybody, you know, depression, anxiety... and I write about gritty, real-life stuff. — Art Alexakis Copy Share Image
I found when I was really little that my instinct was to write before talking to other people about the way that… — Gracie Abrams Copy Share Image
I would not know how to advise a man how to write. It is a matter of talent and interest. I believe… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
In the middle of the world, make one positive step. In the center of chaos, make one definitive act. Just write. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Sometimes you write songs that don't all fit together. What do you, just throw them away? This might be a chance for… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I'd long wanted to write about that moment when a woman steps off the career track to have her first child. For… — Hallie Ephron Copy Share Image
I would be a terrible director, I could never write anything. One of my great strengths is that I know all of… — Topher Grace Copy Share Image
The No. 1 thing is to write the book that you love and then hope that it finds an audience with the… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
We are the authors of our lives! We write in pen! We can't erase our mistakes but we can learn from them . — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You've got to learn your craft; you've got to do it every day. Find a partner. If you're a writer, you've got… — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
I once tried to write a novel about revenge. It's the only book I didn't finish. I couldn't get into the mind… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't write, can surely review. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
You need two things to remain very, very present. You need to continue to write well and engage yourself in the issues… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image