“Facing a wall when you write really aids your concentration.” — Peter Straub (Author Copy Share Image
“Find your quiet center of life and write from that to the world.” — Sarah Orne Jewett Copy Share Image
They asked me to write it and zoomed me over there to do it. But they ended up sacking me. — Eddie Campbell Copy Share Image
I am a songwriter at heart, and I feel like I would, in the future, write songs for other people. I don't… — Dean Geyer Copy Share Image
Writing is thinking on paper. Anyone who thinks clearly should be able to write clearly-about any subject at all. — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer. — Len Deighton Copy Share Image
I don't talk to reporters, because they're gonna write what they want to write, so let 'em write what they want to… — Moses Malone Copy Share Image
E-mail also changed things in that you don't have to write a full document to discuss something. You can just send an… — Steve Crocker Copy Share Image
Why wouldn't you write to escape yourself as much as you might write to express yourself? It's far more interesting to write… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Make a living will. Talk about it. Death is going to happen to everybody. Write it down. Even if you write it… — Michael Schiavo Copy Share Image
I think with my book, I wanted to first of all just be completely involved in it. I wanted to write it;… — Vogue Williams Copy Share Image
I did a series in Britain years ago called 'Skins,' and I remember my little sister telling me that I had a… — Ben Lloyd-Hughes Copy Share Image
You don't really learn how to write songs; you learn to develop as a writer, and you get to meet lots of… — Alice Merton Copy Share Image
“But suddenly, after all this time, I feel there is something to say, and if I don't quickly write it down, my… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
If I get hit by a bus tomorrow, my patients will not even be postponed. Another surgeon would step in and take… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
I'm never going to write a book like Anthony Sher did, you know, 'The Broadcaster Prepares.' I'm only talking to myself. I'd… — Terry Wogan Copy Share Image
I don't listen to anything when I'm writing. I need total quiet, which is astounding, given that I spent years working for… — Jane Green Copy Share Image
Write what you care about and understand. Writers should never try to outguess the marketplace in search of a salable idea; the… — Richard North Patterson Copy Share Image
When I started writing 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid,' I was trying to write the type of book you might enjoy, put… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image