In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read. — Catherine the Great Copy Share Image
The truth is, it's easier for me to write than talk... to express the state I'm in at any time. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an e-mail. — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
A lot of people talk about writing. The secret is to write, not talk. — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
There are some who write, talk, and think, so much about vice and virtue, that they have no time to practice either… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I'm not like a champion of profanity. I write what I hear, and the characters that I write, that's how they talk.… — Stephen Adly Guirgis Copy Share Image
To be a writer you should read, write and talk to people, hear their knowledge, hear their problems. Be a good listener.… — Jean Craighead George Copy Share Image
“Here's a lesson for you, Sonny: Don't write if you can talk, don' talk if you can nod your head, don't nod… — Ed Falco Copy Share Image
I can't imagine why everybody is always so keen for authors to talk about writing. I should have thought it was an… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
