I'm sure that everything you do contributes to the sort of novel that you write. A lot of actors have an understanding… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
“People who want to write books do so because they feel it to be the easiest thing they can do. They can… — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
You can sort of start to write around 10. You also become a good reader around that time, and you want to… — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
I try to make the voice in my head come out onto the page. I try to make it much more conversational… — James Frey Copy Share Image
I was given a pen not to write anything but just to make me feel how it is to hold something full… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If something depressing is happening, that's gold. That's the best possible situation you could be in. But if that doesn't happen, you… — Eliot Paulina Sumner Copy Share Image
I find Jessica Jones a much more interesting character to write for than Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman is so noble and heroic,… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I don't know enough about the lower classes to write about them. I don't feel with them, and that could be regarded… — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share Image
I have a really hard time writing my own lyrics for this record, because one, I had to write so many and… — Kim Gordon Copy Share Image
For me, the day job comes first. That's why I call myself a diplomat who writes, not a writer who masquerades as… — Vikas Swarup Copy Share Image
For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. You know what I… — Zara Larsson Copy Share Image
I wrote about a bird that cleaned a crocodile's teeth. The story was so good that my teacher could not believe that… — Brian Jacques Copy Share Image
The bigger the issue, the smaller you write. Remember that. You don't write about the horrors of war. No. You write about… — Richard Price Copy Share Image
The biggest pitfall to avoid is not writing. Not writing is really, really easy to do, especially if you're a young writer.… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“And at 3am you sit near the window and wonder if there is magic... because all you need are some fairies to… — Sanhita Baruah Copy Share Image
Film writing and concert writing are two very different things. In film writing I am serving the film and it tells you… — Aaron Zigman Copy Share Image
I don't write about the same thing every time, everyday, different things are happening out there and if you take the time… — Desmond Dekker Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, about 10 years ago, I thought maybe I could write a mystery series about a midwife in Elizabethan… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
I'd always had a hankering to write some old-school sword and sorcery. And there certainly are advantages to that particular form -… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
After I wrote my memoir, 'A Long Way Gone,' I was a bit exhausted. I didn't want to write another memoir; I… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
I think we all attract troublemakers; I don't think it's particularly about anyone. I had it actually as an album title, and… — Olly Murs Copy Share Image
I am motivated to write because it is what I am meant to do. It is not a choice - it is… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
I'm not committed as a writer, in the usual sense of the term, either religiously or politically. And I'm not conscious of… — Harold Pinter Copy Share Image
It's always a better choice to write a new book than it is to keep pounding your head against the submissions wall… — Diana Peterfreund Copy Share Image
While writing is a mystical process, it's also work. If you show up to work five days in a row, nobody's going… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
At any given time I'm listening to the Cory Branan, Leonna Naess, Eve 6, the King's Noyse, Sean Paul, Green Day, the… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
I think we have a great deal of mythology around writing. We believe that only a few people can really do it.… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
To write it down was to put the finishing touch on any event, see what it was, what it meant, what it… — Ardyth Kennelly Copy Share Image
I definitely write about things that are universal, that everyone can identify with. You're supposed to write about things you're passionate about… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
You have to take your ego out of it and say, do I want people to be obsequious to me or do… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
So why do I write, torturing myself to put it down? Because in spite of myself I've learned some things. Without the… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
There were many books in my parents' home. I'm from a family of five children and we were all readers. And so… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I'm just trying to write a song that I like, that I'm not afraid to turn… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
Why my interest in writers? Well, I'm one, and many of my friends are writers. I know what it's like to write.… — Eric Brown Copy Share Image
The only writers who have any peace are the ones who don't write. And there are some like that. They wallow in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that everything you do helps you to write if you're a writer. Adversity and success both contribute largely to making… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
When I hear a great new record, especially when it's by someone that I respect and admire, then a part of me… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I didn't go to high school. I think that after you learn to read and write and do your numbers and flush… — Wilford Brimley Copy Share Image
You don't want to spend your life writing about stuff that doesn't matter. You want to try to pull out of the… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
You can write any time people will leave you alone and not interrupt you. Or rather you can if you will be… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
