I write books for all age groups - young kids, teenagers and adults - because I get a range of different ideas. — Catherine Jinks Copy Share Image
Writers tend to write stories as a kind of holiday between novels, or as preliminary steps towards a novel. Stories just don't… — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
Economic chasm between people is something that is of interest to me. And something that I used to write about even as… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
So what do you desire to do? What do you really want to do as a person? You need to stop and… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
“Remember each new day you get to turn a page in your life and write your own story. So how do you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've loved thrillers and spy stories since I was a kid. It's probably not a bad rule of thumb to write the… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
You have tremendous freedom in the young adult book world to write what you want. You can put R-rated content in a… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
Whenever I write about mental health and integrative therapies, I am accused of being prejudiced against pharmaceuticals. So let me be clear… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I write entirely in English; Tagalog chauvinists chide me for this. I feel no guilt in doing so. But I am sad… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
I always knew that was what I wanted to do - to write, particularly poetry. — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
One of the great joys of being able to write something you can make, if you get certain actors you want and… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
I've learned that I have to be happy with creating discussion and debate and that I shouldn't be trying to write a… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
I need to be very isolated to write, and unfortunately isolation is often quite difficult to find. My ideal writing environment would… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
You set up a story and it turns inside out and that is, for me, the most exciting sort of story to… — Nigel Kneale Copy Share Image
The single best piece of advice I give to aspiring writers is to always write about things that they know. I suggest… — D. J. MacHale Copy Share Image
“I don't write like this in order to show how clever and well read I am--though I am rather clever and well… — John Heath-Stubbs Copy Share Image
In a weird way, 'Veronica Mars' was my reaction to 'Freaks and Geeks' because 'Freaks and Geeks' was the show I wanted… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
When I write a screenplay, and when I direct, I always pull lines out. — Stanley Tucci Copy Share Image
I do a lot of revising on paper. Sometimes I think I should just write longhand - what I type reads very… — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
A friend and I started a band together. I am kind of learning how to play instruments. We write stuff over Skype… — Reece Thompson Copy Share Image
I tend to write longer narrative pieces after I've finished writing a novel - when the fiction's finished and put away, and… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
I go back and forth between input phases where I'm reading a lot or trying to get out and explore the world… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
My life has been such a blur since I was 18, 19 years old. I haven't even had time to contemplate my… — Grant Achatz Copy Share Image
I talk about myself. That's what I am. I'm a blogger. I have always decided that I was going to be an… — Mena Grabowski Trott Copy Share Image
Some creative writing programs seem evil, but my experience at Irvine was totally the opposite, where I feel like they were really… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
When I am writing anything in general, I just want to tell the story that exists in my head; I don't try… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
We just wanted to write a bunch of songs that we thought were good songs. — Travis Barker Copy Share Image
I used to write exclusively with one particular Montblanc fountain pen, although lately I have had to use a roller-tip fountain pen,… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
When I was writing the first few books, what I would do is write a bunch of sentences and then go back… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
Being an insomniac only slows me down. I try not to write at night, as I'm concerned that this will affect the… — Elliot Perlman Copy Share Image
At least three times a week, I am overwhelmed with a wave of gratitude to New York City for providing me with… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“Let your words be your voice. And let your voice be heard within the hearts of others.” — Anasia Nicole Hixon Copy Share Image
I want to write about serious things, but I want to write about them in a way that makes them accessible to… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
Probably every book I read influenced me in some small way. Authors like Jan Westcott, Kathleen Winsor, Catherine Cookson, Georgette Heyer, and… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
My ideal is to write most of the day, then go running, find friends and socialise all evening; my mind recharges with… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
If there are two kinds of people in the world - DC Comics people and Marvel Comics people - what kind am… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
I tended to write poems about both social and spiritual problems, and some problems one doesn't really want to solve, and so… — C. K. Williams Copy Share Image
