Writing has been as difficult for me as for people who don't like to write and as little fun. — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
I sit and write songs alone and then get together with people to help me flesh it out into a recording. — James Mercer Copy Share Image
I don't write about too many male businessmen, and I'm not apt to write about too many female businessmen. — John Updike Copy Share Image
Well, if this is poetry, I'm certainly never going to write any myself. — James Schuyler Copy Share Image
“In the twenty-first century, human minds, and to a lesser extent, human hearts can work like well calibrated precision instruments, but who… — Martin Guevara Urbina Copy Share Image
When you have a performer as talented as Bill Murray or as Harold, that can write as well as they can perform,… — Ivan Reitman Copy Share Image
If you start writing to an audience you're talking down to them. I've never written for any age group, I just write… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
If you write a blog post, you've got something to say; you're not just creating words and synonyms. We'd like the computers… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
I dare you all to write one more thing that you won't say to my face. — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
If I had a story idea that I felt would work best in three volumes I might write a trilogy eventually. I'd… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
The first book really was kind of an entertaining textbook for the homemaker. I couldn't find a good book about entertaining in… — Martha Stewart Copy Share Image
I don't like to make strong statements. I want to write strong novels... I keep my deep, radical things for my novels. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I was a subscriber to 'Sports Illustrated' like so many of us, and I was overwhelmed by a toxic mix of naivete… — Josh Elliott Copy Share Image
Why should I write a play? I don't have to write a play, do I? But somehow, I think that's what I'm… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Sometimes I just want to write a really intense love scene. But I can't do that in my books for teens, or… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
Music is emotional. Your job is to make people feel something. The best way to do that is to sing and speak… — Sevyn Streeter Copy Share Image
I can't write the same book over and over again... let it go, once it's gone! — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
You should not do an autobiography if you want to tell the truth. There are a lot of things I know about… — Abraham A. Ribicoff Copy Share Image
There is a 90% failure rate for most shows. It's difficult for any show to write for the next season. — Matt Passmore Copy Share Image
If you write a book about a bygone period that lies east of the Mississippi River, then it's a historical novel. If… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
That has to remain the principal reason for doing it, doesn't it? I know it's possible to write for money, and many… — Jonathan Kellerman Copy Share Image
Of all the things I've done, the first 'Strongman' story was one of the easiest things to write. It was almost fully… — Charles Soule Copy Share Image
With some artists, I've noticed that after their songs have been licensed, on their next album you can totally hear they're trying… — Priscilla Ahn Copy Share Image
No one wants to read a story where I saw a cute puppy on the street and I petted it. I mean,… — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
I noticed in America that if you write a book of any kind, you're made to be the representative of all the… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I truly believe that writing is a continuum - so the different genres and forms are simply stops along the same continuum.… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
I think most people agree there is a component of skill in art making; you have to learn grammar before you learn… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
I said: 'I'm throwing in my job, and I'm going to write a book.' Everyone thought: 'She's off her trolley,' and it… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I'm a singer and working on my second album. I write and produce. There is so much more that satisfies me. So… — Carice van Houten Copy Share Image
In my case, I write in the past because I'm not really part of the present. I have nothing valid to say… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
I have been listening a lot to The Carpenters and Neil Diamond, Elton John, and thinking, like, 'God, it'd be great to… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
I often write songs, and when I do, I usually write quite a few of them. I really have to be in… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share Image
I've got re-addicted to normal people, which is the loveliest thing to write about. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I don't write huge books any more. I used to write 1,000 printed pages, but now I write short books. I did… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
Even with college, the reason I wanted to go so badly is because I wanted to major in film. I want to… — Miranda Cosgrove Copy Share Image
