If there's an idea I think is really good and I feel like I can write it, then I'll do it. — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
When I write legally, I try to write very plain, very vanilla, very clear. — William Lashner Copy Share Image
I was quite shy. I used to write stories all the time, and I think that was a worry for my parents. — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
Every story teaches me how to write it. Unfortunately, it doesn't teach me how to write the next one. — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
When I first began to write, I was writing on bass, because I was thinking more Public Image, more dub. — Gavin Rossdale Copy Share Image
Comedians kind of write what comes to them. You can give yourself little assignments, but it's what inspires you. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, later for… — Marcel Achard Copy Share Image
I used to be able to write five pages a day, every day, no problem. Now a good day is five or… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I'll write about myself, or people I know, or archetypal characters, but the goal is to get at some truth, not to… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I rarely listen to music while writing. If I don't like it, it bothers me, and if I like it, it absorbs… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
I don't want to be an editor! I don't want to direct; I'd be a horrible director. I don't want to write… — Topher Grace Copy Share Image
I think what will happen is that fiction will become more like poetry. As in, the only people who read it will… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
I like the busy-ness of office life. What I discovered, to my surprise, is that I love the solitary nature of writing.… — Joseph Kanon Copy Share Image
Being tall when I was youngerl I was always a bit awkward. As a teenager, I was very, very thin, so I… — Miranda Hart Copy Share Image
You write because you don't talk very well, and maybe one of the reasons that I was determined to write was that… — John Updike Copy Share Image
You don't have to be the best guitar player, or have the best voice, or even be the best looking person -… — Ryan Ross Copy Share Image
Anybody can find out if he is a writer. If he were a writer, when he tried to write of some particular… — Maxwell Perkins Copy Share Image
I prefer the night to the day and always stay up very late. Darkness is more peaceful, and I don't like sunshine… — Martin Millar Copy Share Image
Each time I sit down and write a play I try to dismiss from my mind as much as I possibly can… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
When we first started to write our first movie, 'You Are Going To Prison,' we wanted it to be crazy and unique,… — Robert Ben Garant Copy Share Image
A person sets out to write a poem for a variety of reasons: to win the heart of his beloved; to express… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
