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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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'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
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 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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
The best thing to do is to write about what you know, and if you write about what you know you can… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
There's nothing to stop a man from writing unless that man stops himself. If a man truly desires to write, then he… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I loved writing something people usually have - miscommunication, for example. Now that I've written a romance, I'm sure I'll write more:… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
The one thing I try to do with everything I write is open people's eyes to those they normally ignore or dismiss.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think of my life as a great big story. Each silly thing I do is a new paragraph. And each… — Sarah Jio Copy Share Image
The reason you write something that is exciting and visceral is to force people to hear what you have to say, especially… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
“When people ask me how I write, I always answer, “Out loud.” It’s the single most important piece of advice I give… — Jeffrey Robinson Copy Share Image
Write every day. Don't kill yourself. I think a lot of people think, 'I have to write a chapter a day' and… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
If you write for God you will reach many men and bring them joy. If you write for men--you may make some… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Who do I write for? I thought about this again and again over the next few days until the answer crystalized in… — Diriye Osman Copy Share Image
The first thing a writer has to do is find another source of income. Then, after you have begged, borrowed, stolen or… — Ellen Gilchrist Copy Share Image
Taking the time to write in our lives gives us the time of our lives. As we describe our environments, we begin… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
One of the reasons it's important for me to write about war is I really think that the concept of war, the… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
For years, I sort of would try to write a story that somehow fit the title. And I don't think it happened… — Jhumpa Lahiri 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
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
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
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 like to write about painting because I think visually. I see my writing as blocks of color before it forms itself.… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
