I almost always urge people to write in the first person. ... Writing is an act of ego and you might as… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
I think it is harder to write a story that appeals to the intellect. But, when you tie onto one, you can… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Remember each new day you get to turn a page in your life and write your own story. So how do you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I only started writing in the latter days of Spandau Ballet. I didnt know I could write because all had our roles… — Tony Hadley Copy Share Image
I wish I didn't have ever to sign my long name on the cover of a book, and I wish I could… — Margaret Wise Brown Copy Share Image
I never have written every day. When I'm writing a book, I write Monday through Friday. I always try to take Saturday… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Reality is what we tell to go screw itself every time we write or read a book, shoot or watch a movie.” — Garrett Robinson Copy Share Image
I don't write political stuff. I'm sure I've made attempts, but I don't tend to write very topical things, either. I admire… — Kyle Mooney Copy Share Image
I always say I write my own novels and the characters don't take control of me, but in fact, I look at… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“Writing is 90 percent procrastination: reading magazines, eating cereal out of the box, watching infomercials. It's a matter of doing everything you… — Paul Rudnick Copy Share Image
A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized. Sometimes I listen to songs by very smart writers who assume that the… — Suzanne Vega Copy Share Image
I'm self-deprecating, but I'm an artist, too. I have to write new songs to chronicle stuff for myself. I write a song… — Steve Forbert Copy Share Image
“When I write an story, I start with one true thing – a memory, an image, a sensation – then I try… — David Surface Copy Share Image
Where are they written?" "In the world around us. Merely be attentive to what happens in your life, and you will discover… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
When I'm putting a story together, I generally know the ending and a couple of the points halfway through, and I've got… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
Every film you're commissioned to write is all about an arc; usually, the arc is that the world creates a change in… — Dan Gilroy Copy Share Image
“It's not the writing part that's hard. What's hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.” — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
It's for the common people, people who have made this great country of ours. That's what the heck I say we always… — Johnny Van Zant Copy Share Image
When you die, others who think they know you, will concoct things about you... Better pick up a pen and write it… — Sholom Aleichem Copy Share Image
When I was little, I had to write down what I wanted to be when I grew up, and I wrote, 'I… — Ellen Greene Copy Share Image
I only take causes or write about things that I am passionate about, and I do it with a certain flair and… — Jason Calacanis Copy Share Image
If I wasn't acting, I'd try and be a footballer. I wouldn't be a musician because I can't write my own music.… — Jamie Blackley Copy Share Image
I want to say that I really appreciate that readers are willing to work with my tendency to write in several different… — Melissa Marr Copy Share Image
There are two places that are hard to write about. A place like Britain, England in particular, which has been written about… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
More than anything, I write about what I know. The experiences that I've had in my life and that we've all had… — Andy Biersack Copy Share Image
I keep a journal, and every day I write down one great play that I had that day. I don't write down… — Heather O'Reilly Copy Share Image
I used to do poetry and write stories and stuff - I never really had anybody standing over my shoulder, like, "What… — Dreezy Copy Share Image
Every day you can write a song but some days there is just some magic in the air and something special about… — Lee Brice Copy Share Image
I feel like I write songs for the future or something. Not in an arrogant way, but I feel like maybe my… — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
The few times I've tried to write original screenplays, it's a difficult process because I just don't feel like I know the… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
A lot of writers that I know have told me that the first book you write, you write about your childhood, whether… — Tea Obreht Copy Share Image
“I write because I have to write; but I also write because there’s somebody out there, hopefully, who will read it.” — Harley King Copy Share Image
Writing is such a weird emotional thing. It's hard. If you sit down with a plan to write something, it's going to… — Lauren Miller Copy Share Image
I was completely devoted to reading and books from the age of seven. It took until I was 18 to have the… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
Most of physics is about energy, and physicists understand inefficiencies. I wanted to write a book about our energy options in a… — David J. C. MacKay Copy Share Image
I've had to write a column an hour after I've come back from a funeral. A deadline is a deadline, I mean,… — Laurie Notaro Copy Share Image
Some few there must be in every age and every land of whom life claims nothing very insistently save that they write… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
If you're a fiction writer, though, I can tell you how to let people talk through you. Listen. Just be quiet, and… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I started to write about science and medicine at the 'Washington Post,' in the early days of the AIDS epidemic. — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
We have a book that we just write down what the kids say. You forget...and when you read the book you remember… — Mark Harmon Copy Share Image
