I could never write about strange kingdoms. I could never do Harry Potter or anything like that. Even when I did science-fiction,… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
I go back and forth between input phases where I'm reading a lot or trying to get out and explore the world… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
At one point I would read nothing that was not by the great American Jews - Saul Bellow, Philip Roth - which… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
People say I write specifically about nothing in particular. I don't know about the latter part, but I think the first part… — Dan Bejar Copy Share Image
You may be able to write a novel, you may not. You will never know until you have worked very hard indeed… — Ngaio Marsh Copy Share Image
I started to write because of my dream to become a filmmaker. I got to know about a film school in Paris… — Abdellah Taia Copy Share Image
I booked my first studio at like 12 or 13. Somewhere in that season of my life, singing along with the radio… — Frank Ocean Copy Share Image
The habit of committing our thoughts to writing is a powerful means of expanding the mind, and producing a logical and systematic… — William Blaikie Copy Share Image
Several people, not just reviewers, took me to task for writing about what they called the working classes - something I've been… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
My life has been many examples of shortsighted goals that I thought would fix things. You know, if there's something broken inside… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I've found, as I've gotten older, it's really difficult to write on the road. There are so many distractions, so many people… — Tracy Lawrence Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're completely at the mercy of other people. You basically go begging for the opportunity to work. As a… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody's eyes. As… — Rodney Atkins Copy Share Image
No one can learn to love by following a manual, and no one can learn to write by following a course. I'm… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
You don't write because someone sets assignments! You write because you need to write, or because you hope someone will listen or… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
“Write what you yourself would like to read, a story that will entertain and challenge you. If you try and follow the… — J.D. Trafford Copy Share Image
I write fast. But it takes me a while to get going. It's very important for me to see my whole plot.… — Vikas Swarup Copy Share Image
I try to write in the morning when I'm working on a novel. You get up, you have breakfast, you read the… — Carolyn See Copy Share Image
If I could give a shout-out to anything in the childhood world, I have to say 'Daniel Tiger.' I want to write… — Emma McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Does Facebook behave like a tool in my hand, or a firehose designed to spew at me in accordance with other peoples'… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
“Somedays you have to write even when you think you're putting out crap. You just need to tell yourself that you'll fix… — Christopher Rice Copy Share Image
We met because Chad was in one of my classes, and I was looking for someone to write music with. I knew… — Ian Axel Copy Share Image
“How often do you think we write our own ending before the story is even finished? How often do we give up… — Rachel Van Dyken Copy Share Image
One thing I ask you to do, you people who have the pen in your hand, allow God to use you so… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
“If you love someone, if someone loved you, if they taught you to write and made it so you could speak, how… — Ally Condie, Crossed Copy Share Image
When I write a story, I have no idea what I'm doing. All I know is that I want to share something… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
I had a student once come up to me and we were talking about this incident, and, of course, I never had… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
Editors, for the most part, don't care ''what'' you've done, or how astounding the physical event may have been. You need to… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
Reading and writing music is a wonderful way of getting ideas in your head down to someone else who reads and writes,… — Ronnie Montrose Copy Share Image
History is one of the only fields where contributions by amateurs are taken seriously, providing you follow the rules and document your… — George Dyson Copy Share Image
“I write for the kid in me. . . . Often when I’m working on a story, I’ll find myself laughing at… — Elvira Woodruff Copy Share Image
During the course of the year a number of ideas just come up automatically. I could be walking down the street. Or… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I wasn't one of those kids that was like I'm going to be a country music singer or I'm going to be… — William Clark Green Copy Share Image
Don't get me wrong: I can and do waste time on the Internet with the best of them, but in some respects,… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
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I don't write a play from beginning to end. I don't write an outline. I write scenes and moments as they occur… — Richard Greenberg Copy Share Image
I don't ever know where I'm going. Because one of the wonderful things about writing, which is different than working in programming,… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
I really think I write about everyday life. I don't think I'm quite as odd as others say I am. Life is… — Edward Gorey Copy Share Image
I really want to write a novel. A few years ago I went so far as to do the cliché thing and… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
I don't really analyze my stuff when I write. I write about stuff that I'm interested in, that I'm feeling at that… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
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