I was so in love with books from as early as I remember that it seemed a natural step to want to… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
I'm actually rather orderly, although the way that I write is not. — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
I think it does Discworld good if I don't write about it all the time: sometimes you have to get it out… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I wanted to learn about the worlds I wanted to write about in fiction. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
My theory is that everything an actor does, from the way he looks at his watch to the way he moves across… — Bernard Sahlins Copy Share Image
I like people who tell stories. I like storytellers. A lot of my songs are misconceived as being auto-biographical when they're not… — Art Alexakis Copy Share Image
I like the rhythm of comedy in dramas, if that makes sense. In other words, I don't want to write setup, punch,… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
I try not to have actors in mind when I write because the tendency then is to be influenced by either their… — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
When you're like, 'Yo, we gotta write a hit song, we need a hit song right now,' that never works. Every time… — Benny Blanco 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
When Steven Spielberg comes to you and says, 'Hey do you want to write a movie about robots?' You just say yes. — Drew Goddard Copy Share Image
With my first book, 'A Letter to a Young Brother,' I figured it would be my only book I was ever going… — Hill Harper Copy Share Image
There are scores you have to write objectively without getting involved. — Alex North Copy Share Image
I don't have to go into outer space to write about an astronaut. — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
Judy couldn't move to Britain for family reasons, so I had to come to the States, and the U.S. government wouldn't give… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
I actually have, in all seriousness, in the back of my mind someday to write a book, the title of which would… — Joshua Malina Copy Share Image
I try to keep the idea that there's an audience in as little space in my mind as possible, but you can't… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
As a financial historian, I was quite isolated in Oxford - British historians are supposed to write about kings - so the… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
People come to L.A. because they're chasing that dream of a better life. That's why I came here, because I thought it… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
People say I make up wild stories. But all I have to do is write down stuff that really happens. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I've had to really teach myself that when you're not feeling it, you shouldn't write anything down because you're going to end… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I don't go into any album with pressing issues. I just try to write songs. — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
Well I tried to, but I could never write anything that I liked or was worthwhile. I threw it all out and… — Elliott Carter Copy Share Image
I was clear that I wanted to do music and I wanted to write songs. But I wasn't clear about how I… — Alison Goldfrapp Copy Share Image
I went with the old adage that you should write what you know. What I knew was 18th century Britain, so what… — David Liss Copy Share Image
I used to be a freelance journalist, so I had to write fast, but I always found writing nonfiction constraining. I like… — Michelle Gagnon Copy Share Image
My readers often tell me that what they admire about my books is my ability to write from so many points of… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Characters are so important to a story that they actually decide where the story is going. When I write, I know my… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
A lot of people use a smiley face when they write letters. But it's this huge insane compulsion, like 'I'm happy! I… — Nate Lowman Copy Share Image
The music I write, I feel, is not the kind of music for a 25-year-old. — Steve Winwood Copy Share Image
I listen to lots of music, especially Bach, opera (all periods), German lieder, chamber music, and rock, old and new. I can't… — Cheryl Mendelson Copy Share Image
I've found contemporary Britain difficult to write about because it seems to me to have lacked gravity or grandeur. This is some… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
