A lot of times, writers are told write as big as you can, and that's not untrue. But at times I think… — Don Winslow Copy Share Image
People book me because of the songs I write, not because of the sets that I play, per se... I'm sure I'm… — Kaskade Copy Share Image
My life wasn't always smooth sailing. Two members of my family were diagnosed with cancer, so I spent a lot of time… — Hannah Tinti Copy Share Image
When I sit down to write, I don't think, 'OK, what is the next David O. Russell film I can write, or… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
What had happened was this. When still young, I had gotten the idea from somewhere that I might be able to write...… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
It's easier for me to write certain character types because of my own life experiences, but I find it too artistically limiting… — Brent Weeks Copy Share Image
Yes. To write a novel is to risk my sanity. The deeper I get into the suffering and conflict of the characters,… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Every time that I write a novel I am convinced for at least two years that it is the last one, because… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I think anything that's creative really takes my mind off whatever it is that I'm going through in my life. If you're… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
Woman must write her self: must write about women and bring women to writing, from which they have been driven away as… — Helene Cixous Copy Share Image
“Write your script with the most adventurous characters imaginable. Tell others, get out your comfort zone, don’t worry about what they may… — Joseph S. Spence Sr Copy Share Image
I tell people the first time I decided to write a novel I was in my mid-20s, and it was, 'Well, it's… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that we can write and live our own scripts more than most people will acknowledge. I also know the price… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
It's always been difficult for me to speak and express my innermost thoughts. I prefer to write. When I sit down and… — Philippe Claudel Copy Share Image
If you would like to write better than everybody else, you have to want to write better than everybody else. You must… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
I write first drafts by hand. Never do I open an umbrella inside the house. I don't predict wins or losses. I… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
What I had to face, the very bitter lesson that everyone who wants to write has got to learn, was that a… — Thomas Wolfe Copy Share Image
To write well about the elegant world you have to know it and experience it to the depths of your being... what… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
I have been fighting writing songs for a long time. People keep telling me I should write, and other writers have offered… — Martina McBride Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, you tend to develop your own style, your own technique, based around what it is you're trying to write… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
My sophomore English teacher encouraged me to write for the school paper, and that's what got me started. Suddenly it struck me… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
I write four books a year. I'm very fortunate that I write quickly; around 3,500 words a day. Being strict about delineating… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
I was writing novels at eight. It was a science fiction epic, which went by the unimprovable title of 'Another Kind of… — Neil Cross Copy Share Image
I am a person that is very curious about what is going on in the world and there are a lot of… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“The other thing you can do is write a strong personal essay which lets admissions people inside your life, your heart, and… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
In my lifetime I was to write only one book, this would be the one. Just as the past Lingers in the… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
My son's always saying, 'Pop, I ain't being egotistical, but nobody else can do it like you.' And I say it's not… — Bobby Womack Copy Share Image
I don't have a fixed routine. I write every day but I don't "write" every day, if that makes any sense. In… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
This is a gift that God has given me. I'm not smart enough to write for everybody, but it's the love in… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
The formula for creative writing in high school or college is write what you know. And I said they don't know nothing.… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Whenever you’re down on your luck, and when things aren’t going the way you like, remember that you are the author of… — Sarah Jio Copy Share Image
I taught writing for a while and whenever somebody would tell me they were going to write about their dad, I would… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
It's good to have a foothold in reality, a base somewhere that's always been a base. Sharman Macdonald once said she needs… — Sean Biggerstaff Copy Share Image
It used to be with chocolate. I would put chocolate in my studio and say, "You know, Nat, there's this chocolate you… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
I cross things out more than I write them. And if I try to sing a line, and I know that it's… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
“Each time you sit down to write, you should cleanse your linguistic palate by reading some things that are vastly unlike what… — Michael Erard Copy Share Image
In order to understand what they need to understand, in order to write what they write, they have to be free. And… — Peter Davison Copy Share Image
At the same time that you've got to open yourself up to the fact that experience is going to teach you year… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
The reason I quit being a sales manager over twenty years now is because I hate elevator pitches. I want to write… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
I set a goal for myself everyday when I write - 10 pages a day - and it's much harder because I'm… — R. L. Stine Copy Share Image
