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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
