Writing isn't generally a lucrative source of income; only a few, exceptional writers reach the income levels associated with the best-sellers. Rather,… — Melissa Scott Copy Share Image
The one thing I'm terrified of trying to write about is sex. I mean my God, my wife might read it or… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I like to write from midnight to dawn with great stores of candy and Red Bull laid in... I'm not sure why… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
Write a lot. And finish what you write. Don't join writer's clubs and go sit around having coffee reading pieces of your… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
As a writer I have always fought for the right to write. For writing is a time-honored means of communication. Lack of… — Piri Thomas Copy Share Image
I always wanted to write when I was a kid; it just never occurred to me that you could have a job… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I grew up in a working-class Catholic family in south Louisiana. I went to a state university. I taught literature, wrote a… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
It was a shock to my system leaving 'The West Wing' and going to 'Psych.' I remember being like, 'What are you… — Dule Hill Copy Share Image
What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
I try to write every day. I don't beat myself up about word counts, or how many hours are ticking by on… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
I'd love to have another film to go on to. I'm in the mood to work. But I have to be patient,… — Peter Weir Copy Share Image
I used to write in high school. I loved the freedom. It's a solitary means of expression, where you can lock yourself… — Hayden Christensen Copy Share Image
One mistake with beginners in writing is, that they think it important to spin out something long. It is a great deal… — Lucy Larcom Copy Share Image
Anyone of any age, any race, any background, any education - if they write an interesting enough book - can become a… — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Copy Share Image
If you're writing a song, you have to write something that can be understood serially. When you're reading a poem that's written… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
When lockdown happened, and I didn't have that focus to sit down and write a novel, which is what I was supposed… — Dawn O'Porter Copy Share Image
Write all the time. I believe in writing every day, at least a thousand words a day. We have a strange idea… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
I only write when I'm angry or sad, so because that's when I just have to write... If I'm having a good… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
I think when you are an aspiring writer, you must write every day. It's not as though anybody will call you up… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
When I got out of high school, I thought, 'I'll take a year or two off and play the clubs, get this… — Gregg Allman Copy Share Image
I've had a lot of girls reach out to me about struggling with body image. I've only been able to write back… — Troian Bellisario Copy Share Image
You can't write a novel all at once, any more than you can swallow a whale in one gulp. You do have… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The first thing I tried to do in the months after losing my mother was to write a poem. I found myself… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
Life throws up enough road blocks to keep you from writing; you can't be adding to them yourself by saying you can… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I have many books that I want to write; I'd like to think that I'll be around for another 20 years or… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
You come by your style by learning what to leave out. At first you tend to overwrite—embellishment instead of insight. You either… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
“Reading is a tool. If you can't read you won't get very far in life. If you love to read you will… — Evan Hensley-Reano Copy Share Image
Always read with a pen in your hands, not beside you on the table, but actually in your hand, ready, armed ...… — Tim Parks Copy Share Image
I think it says wonders about people that can write an entire album, and put out an entire album of great songs.… — Joe Nichols Copy Share Image
In 1976, I read a book by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss and knew immediately that I, too, could write a historical romance. It… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
“Most of us would rather read than write. There is always another article to read, one more source to track down, just… — Kate L. Turabian Copy Share Image
“Do not write. I am sad, and want my light put out. Summers in your absence are as dark as a room.… — Louis Simpson Copy Share Image
I either wrote at the end of the night or sometimes in the morning. Sometimes they were full entries, or others I… — Andy Cohen Copy Share Image
“I'm running late, but there's always time to scribble weird messages in guest signage books. Also, am I really late? The Catholic… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
We, Autolux band, write in very different ways; sometimes we play with the band and write music first and then form vocal… — Carla Azar Copy Share Image
I write on a computer, but I've run the complete gambit. When I was very young, I wrote with a ballpoint pen… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Money is a huge issue for manic depressives. Sometimes the problem is not nearly on the same scale as it has been… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
I'm not somebody who carries around a notepad and writes songs all day long. I don't imagine everything I think of is… — Jakob Dylan Copy Share Image
Typically, a book is published and gets one season in the sun. Eventually, you write another book, and maybe your old books… — Raina Telgemeier Copy Share Image
