Write with abandon and no constraints for first draft. Cut brutally and save in separate files on second draft. Add conflict; don't… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
The only difference was one of them was trying to make a perfect cake and one of them was trying to write… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
“Aesthetic enthusiasm. Perception of beauty in the external world, or, on the other hand, in words and their right arrangement. Pleasure in… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I used to be a pre-industrial writer: thousands of words in a spurt and then a few days off. But as I… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
One thing I don't want to feel is marketplace pressure, so I'm really glad I enjoy teaching because I can rely on… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
In the past, you would take the time to write a love letter and you would think about what you wanted to… — Haider Ackermann Copy Share Image
Writing is not work. In fact, theres nothing better. Writing is something that if the music business went completely away tomorrow -… — Toby Keith Copy Share Image
I used to write stories a lot because you had to fill your hours some other way than watching television. So my… — Robert Osborne Copy Share Image
I started classical and operatic lessons when I was 8 and become an operatic singer and went to competition. I write my… — Cassie Steele Copy Share Image
“Writing: shitty first drafts. Butt in chair. Just do it. You own everything that happened to you. You are going to feel… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I was going to be a musician, no matter what it took. I supported myself with blue-collared jobs so I could write… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I don't go to an office, so I write at home. I like to write in the morning, if possible; that's when… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
If I waited to be in the mood to write, I'd barely have a chapbook of material to my name. Who would… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
Literary criticism can be no more than a reasoned account of the feeling produced upon the critic by the book he is… — DH Lawrence Copy Share Image
When I was ten, my mother told me to write down my feelings. I eventually started writing a book. I wish I'd… — Franny Armstrong Copy Share Image
When you're learning, especially to write, unless you're some incredibly gifted writer, a young Malcom Gladwell, say, you need to be imitating… — Ira Glass 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 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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
The major tragedies in life, there's just no compensation. But the minor ones you can always write about. It's my way of… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
I tell myself I write because I want to say something true and original about the nature of evil. That is very… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
I want to write about serious things, but I want to write about them in a way that makes them accessible to… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
I am a highly disciplined person. I get up at seven every morning and, still in my pajamas, sit down at my… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
They're hit writers. They're gonna write me a hit whether I wanted it or not you know? I could have put out… — Willa Ford Copy Share Image
I was raised in Harlem. I never found a book that took place in Harlem. I never had a church like mine… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
A series of small but real accomplishments gives people the energy and confidence to continue. For instance, a person who wants to… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“You don't have to have the most exciting life to write. If you have a story to tell, tell it; or better… — J.Y. Barris Copy Share Image
Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical… — Kate Atkinson 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
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
