“If you only had a year left to live, what book would you write? Now, write that book.” — M. Kirin Copy Share Image
Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I find the characters in my head and the more I write about them, the better I get to know them. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
“The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write.” — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
There's a few people that I write with that we don't stop until one of us cries. — Ashley McBryde Copy Share Image
I write so slowly, I could write with my own blood and not hurt myself. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
If you're writing a screenplay, you need to be prepared to let go: there's a good chance the words you write aren't… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
My writing process is very organic. I start with an idea. I have the general story arc and the cast. But then… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
I became a Christian late, in my late 30s, so I had a lot of things that I was bringing into my… — Francine Rivers Copy Share Image
I can write so much more about you, I will never be able to stop. You are the best thing that I… — Kemis Khan Copy Share Image
There's two things that are tough when you're trying to be a songwriter: Number one is, how do I write a great… — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
I love romantic comedies. I have a deep respect for them. I think they're really difficult to write and write well. — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
If an idea is compelling enough it'll stick in my head until I am forced to write it. If it's forgettable, who… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I try to write every day until the book is done, but the exact process depends on the story and its structure.… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“Some people get offended by what I write, by what I do with my life and by what I say to those… — Daniel Marques Copy Share Image
We live in capitalism, and capitalism is defined by the production line, and the production line is defined by specificity. If you… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
I relate to what Gov. Romney brings. I know what it means to balance a budget. I know what it means to… — Sher Valenzuela Copy Share Image
When I get into the moment of actually feeling like I want to write, to finish something, I do what I've always… — Ted Leo Copy Share Image
I wasn't political enough to write articles about myself or go to cocktail parties, meaning that not only has my art been… — Michael Heizer Copy Share Image
I'm not asking you to describe the rain falling the night the archangel arrived; I'm demanding that you get me wet. Make… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
I don't write directly on to the computer because I don't think well facing forward with fingers on a keyboard. I think… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
“The essential key for writing is to write regularly — like it or not — great ideas come often by writing; releasing… — Robert Marc Friedman Copy Share Image
In my experience, every book you write changes the conditions in which you write the next. — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
If u really love someone write them on your heart not on a piece of paper — Courtney Hood Copy Share Image
I believe if you write a great book, the chances are it'll get a great reception. — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
I think the bravest thing to write about is nothing, just to write a book in which nothing happens. — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“If I didn't write, I'd explode in a brilliant shower of literacy sparkles and would be no more.” — Ksenia Anske Copy Share Image
I write everything many times over. All my thoughts are second thoughts. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I learned to write by reading the kind of books I wished I'd written. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I don't think I would do better books if I wrote full time. I write for amateurish reasons. — Upamanyu Chatterjee Copy Share Image
People always go on about sleaze, but I think it's only a small part of what I write about. — Marc Almond Copy Share Image
He who cannot limit himself will never know how to write. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Copy Share Image