Write Quotes · Page 33

I write in order to belong.

— Elena Poniatowska

“Write what you want, everything else is gravy”

— Padraic Gyatt

Someone has to write all those stories: why not me?

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Don't write about that which you don't know.

— Amos Oz

Everyone can write jokes and makes things clever.

— David Walton

Don't write outlines; I hate outlines.

— George R. R. Martin

Write about what you know, that's what I say.

— Josh Widdicombe

She lives the poetry she cannot write.

— Oscar Wilde

I write in a journal occasionally. But it is not a daily discipline for me.

— Sue Monk Kidd

We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.

— Anonymous

I find it incredibly difficult to write anything that's really happy.

— David Gilmour

“I can't write to please everyone, but someone, somewhere will be touched if I put my heart into it.”

— Sara Winters

I can't watch formulaic films and hence, won't write or make one such film.

— Arvind Swami

I can write for a long time on one novel and not get tired.

— Judith Guest

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

— Samuel Goldwyn

I put on a big show when I write something I think is funny.

— Judd Apatow

I write nearly every day. Some days I write for ten or eleven hours. Other days I might only write for three…

— J. K. Rowling

Writing takes a lot of patience. It usually takes me a year to write a book. One time, it took me 14…

— Avi

I never liked working on editorial-driven comics. I just didn't see what was the point. They don't pay well enough for me…

— Brian K. Vaughan

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when…

— Don Marquis

It took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published.

— Cynthia Kadohata

Aside from the Rizzoli & Isles books, there are many other stories I want to write. The question is whether I'll live…

— Tess Gerritsen

There are certain things I couldn't write because they're not intrinsic to my beliefs. For instance, I couldn't write a hero or…

— Lori Foster

I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after…

— Anita Diament

I've met the Queen a couple of times, and she's been delightful. In fact, I often find myself thinking: 'What would the…

— Jools Holland

I work in an old tradition that goes back to the ancient Greeks. You hold a mirror to crime to see what's…

— Henning Mankell

I don't have an idea for a play until after I've finished writing it. I write first, and come up with what…

— Wallace Shawn

Some writers find that they don't know their themes until they've finished the first draft (I am one). They then rewrite with…

— Nancy Kress

I want to go on living even after my death! And therefore I am grateful to God for this gift, this possibility…

— Anne Frank

As far as poetry, I don't know if I've ever written any. I've read a lot. I just write and it comes…

— Henry Rollins

Sit and quiet yourself. Luxuriate in a certain memory and the details will come. Let the images flow. You'll be amazed at…

— Frank McCourt

“The main thing is to WRITE. Some days it might be 2000 words. Some days you might tinker with two sentences until…

— L.K. Madigan

I could write stories just as rotten.

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

Having someone else write for you is cake!

— Janelle James

When I write, I try to become different characters.

— Billie Eilish

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

— Edgar Allan Poe

I see no reason not to write whatever comes to me.

— Sarah Manguso

I would like to write a play.

— Tim Rice

I essentially write for myself.

— Leon Uris

Why write about the past? Well, there's more of it.

— John Cleese