When I write, I work off of a theme, an emotion, a narrative - thinking of it and then expounding on it. — Chance The Rapper Copy Share Image
I would be honored if someone reads my books and it inspires them to write their own work. — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
What is a historian? Someone who doesn't write well enough to work on a daily. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
I asked him, How could we have a press column if we can't write about other work done in the press? — Sydney Schanberg Copy Share Image
A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him or her and goes about refining it.… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
Writers collect stories of rituals: John Cheever putting on a jacket and tie to go down to the basement, where he kept… — Mona Simpson Copy Share Image
My goal is two pages a day, five days a week. I never want to write, but I'm always glad that I… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I write because it gives me the greatest possible artistic pleasure to write. If my work pleases the few I am gratified.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
You do not write a novel for praise, or thinking of your audience. You write for yourself; you work out between you… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
I think that's great - I just try not to be one of those people. I find the more I think about… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Writers don't always know what they mean - that's why they write. Their work stands in for them. On the page, the… — John Lahr Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, I was a workaholic clocking more than 80 hours per week. That changed after I began to write.… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
If I had a story idea that I felt would work best in three volumes I might write a trilogy eventually. I'd… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
You go out into the world, you read everything you can read, you imitate the things you love, and you learn how… — Russell Banks Copy Share Image
Writing is work. It takes a lot of contemplation, concentration, and out-and-out sweat. People tend to romanticize it, that somehow your work… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
