I have been blessed in many ways, and one of those is to have been born in Africa, for me a great… — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
“How do you write? You write, man, you write, that’s how…If you practice an art faithfully it will make you wise, and… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, you tend to develop your own style, your own technique, based around what it is you're trying to write… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want to do is satisfy the expectations of… — Joel Coen Copy Share Image
I would try to write my own story about some East Coast suburbanite having an affair or something like that. So I… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
“Life is a great Book. We are writing the history of our time.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
I write mostly in my office in the shed outside at home, but it can get very cold. I write best on… — Dermot Healy Copy Share Image
“Like a flower pressed flat and dried, we try to hold it still and say, this is exactly how it was the… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
I taught high school English for 24 years. I always teach my students to appreciate the beauty of language and to write poetically. — Mark Takano Copy Share Image
When I write a story, I have no idea what I'm doing. All I know is that I want to share something… — Etgar Keret 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
Writing is work. It takes a lot of contemplation, concentration, and out-and-out sweat. People tend to romanticize it, that somehow your work… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
My songs have always had hope and perseverance in them - I never write songs that have no escape hatch, no positivity. — Jakob Dylan Copy Share Image
There are things that you write when you're 20 and there are things that you write when you're 40 and then there… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
I'm the sort of person who doesn't write in ink. I only write in pencil, so it can be rubbed out. — Ian Mckellen 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
There are two places that are hard to write about. A place like Britain, England in particular, which has been written about… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
When I started writing, I didn't have the common sense to use a pseudonym, so I write under my own name. If… — Nicola Cornick Copy Share Image
I did not set out to write another novel. One day I sat down with the thought of trying my hand at… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
