Writing, therefore, is also an act of courage. How much easier is it to lead an unexamined life than to confront yourself… — Jack Heffron Copy Share Image
I take some pains to learn the material beforehand. I have a bunch of tricks I use to try and hit the… — Colm Feore Copy Share Image
When I was 12, I went to boarding school, where I discovered the computer, which meant I no longer had to write… — Imogen Heap Copy Share Image
I used to joke about this but I've recently realized that I really believe it: I spent many years training myself to… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I live my life like anybody else, and people choose to write about mine. And what they write I can't control -… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
The cool thing about writing is that there is really never a typical day. Sometimes I get a rhythm going and head… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
If you want to be a professional writer then you need to write consistently. Inspiration strikes about once every blue moon which,… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
Life is a very orderly thing, but in fiction there is a huge liberation and freedom. I can do what I like.… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
I think that anyone who likes writing views 'The New Yorker' as the, you know, pinnacle of the publishing world. If you… — Lauren Weisberger Copy Share Image
Write what you like, then imbue it with life and make it unique by blending in your own personal knowledge of life,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“When it's time for you to write how you want your life to go just write right before your pen run out… — efiba progress Copy Share Image
The idea that I am cynical because I'm writing the books that I write is a bit like someone saying, 'What, you've… — Ben Schott Copy Share Image
Growing up, if I didn't want to talk to someone about the way that I was feeling, I would go write instead.… — Gracie Abrams Copy Share Image
People lose it when I say this, but I'm a novelist who doesn't read novels. There are lots of good reasons for… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
It's like if a young woman writes it, then it's chick lit. We don't care if she's slaying vampires or working as… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
I had several publishers, and they were all the same. They all wanted salacious. And everybody is writing autobiographies, and that's one… — Anita Pallenberg Copy Share Image
You need to keep something for yourself. As a writer, I feel that even more strongly. I feel like I need to… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
Sometimes I start with the beat. Sometimes I can write something down and it takes me a while to figure out how… — Cakes da killa Copy Share Image
The way I write is, I listen to things in my head, and then I copy them down. I memorize conversations and… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I wear my pajamas. That's the thing I love most about writing. I don't get changed until I actually have to go… — Kimberly Willis Holt Copy Share Image
My first plays were amazingly bad, but I had a teacher who thought I had promise, and he kept working with me.… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
If you give a writer a pile of blank paper and say you can write anything you like on any subject you… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
With a book called 'Keeping Score,' I really did want to write a book about the Korean War, because I felt that… — Linda Sue Park Copy Share Image
Every character sees the world through a framework of education and experience that they're proud experts about. To write a character, find… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I've been a huge fan of all things paranormal my whole life. For me, it was always a question of when, not… — Kresley Cole Copy Share Image
On the return flight from my mother in Florida , I sat next to a businessman who asked me what I did… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
When you decide you want to become a television writer, you naively assume it's going to be like the writers on the… — Jeffrey Klarik Copy Share Image
The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
It's not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I did not set out to write another novel. One day I sat down with the thought of trying my hand at… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
I think to the degree writers are serious, there is a greater tendency for them to write to themselves, because they're trying… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
I learn my lines while on the golf course. I try to do two or three things at once. I have ideas… — Jane Seymour Copy Share Image
When you look into the eyes of your people out there that came to see you, that's when it's like, 'Yep, this… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
I think every writer has a book that haunts them, and on some level, every book you write is a reaction to… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
I think what makes good children's books is putting the same care and effort into it as if I was writing for… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
“Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us.… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
I learned a long time ago that if I really wanted to bring my ideas into experience, I needed to write down… — Mary Manin Morrissey Copy Share Image
Early in my career, I decided not to do sequels. I know that children enjoy them, but I valued the feeling that… — Betsy Byars Copy Share Image
We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans - because we can. We have… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Writers generally get into writing because they want to write, not because they want to be independent publishers, and you can't really… — Jennifer Armintrout Copy Share Image
