I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret, perhaps that is it. — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
I didn't write because I had anything to say, but in order to find out what there was to say. — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
If I ever write the story of my life, don't be suprised if you where it begins. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I write, so that everyone else, can live. The Affidavit of Niedria Dionne Kenny” — Niedria Dionne Kenny Copy Share Image
When I wrote my first novel - I was nineteen - I did it very quickly. If you write fast, you feel… — Karl Ove Knausgard Copy Share Image
People say sometimes, gosh, that was brave of you to write such-and-such last week. 'Brave?' What do they mean 'brave?' It's right!… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
Often something comes in from which you can see that the person is good, the book may not be perfect as it… — James Laughlin Copy Share Image
You do have to kind of sit down and try to write, because it's not the easiest thing when you're off and… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
To write or even speak English is not a science but an art. There are no reliable words… Whoever writes English is… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Write, even if you have a twinge, a doubt, a fear, a block, a noisy neighbor, a sick cat, thirteen unpublished stories,… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
You have certain expressions when you write music, a lot of different emotions, a lot of different feelings. — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
When writing becomes too dominant, it gets leached of its own power. We spend more and more time writing and we have… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
I decided to write Westerns because there was a terrific market for Westerns in the '50s. There were a lot of pulp… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
When I became more involved in music, I had to give up some of my writing in the literary sense. However, on… — Tom Glazer Copy Share Image
if you don't keep and guard and mature your force, and above all, have time and quiet to perfect your work, you… — Sarah Orne Jewett Copy Share Image
It's a beautiful idea to focus on how everything is temporary and always in flux. It may feel bad now, but it… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
The good thing about writing books is that you can dream while you are awake. If it’s a real dream, you cannot… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I only can write a book every two years, you know. And I write very fast, but I'm not always writing every… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Instead of writing down what you’re going to do (chances are you’ve been doing that your whole adult life anyway, and it… — Jeff Olson Copy Share Image
I don't try to write songs that will further my career. I write about things that I care about. I don't have… — Jerry Jeff Walker Copy Share Image
Write the best story that you can and write it as straight as you can. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word. — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
To write is to look for very particular, specific points of view on reality. — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
The only reason people write is because they are not wonderful men. — Anthony J. Carson Copy Share Image
I knew that if I was going to write a book, I was going to have to read one, too. — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
I'm a writer, so whatever gymnastics jump through my head, I write about it. — Earl King Copy Share Image
You say to yourself, Well, this poem isn't going to be any good, but I'll write it anyway. — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
There's way too much pain in this business for anyone who doesn't HAVE to write. — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
If you can write any way and it's working out, just bow down in gratitude. — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
A lot of my songs are written prophetically: I write something, and then I make it happen. — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
Divinity. That's what I'm trying to get at, in everything I write. — Jayne Anne Phillips Copy Share Image
The last thing you want to do is write songs about being in a band. — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life. — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image