Like most-maybe all- writers, I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books. — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
“When I'm writing I can write anywhere; when I'm not writing I can't write anywhere.” — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
Every day, I write. I have a writing period - it's usually in the morning - or I'm writing songs. — Bill Ward Copy Share Image
I very rarely write anything before what I see what I'm writing for. — Henry Mancini Copy Share Image
“there is no better way to learn how to write than by writing a novel.” — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write and keep on writing. — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
“Writer's Block is just an excuse by people who don't write for not writing.” — Giando Sigurani Copy Share Image
Don't just plan to write - write. It is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style. — P. D. James Copy Share Image
I don't write songs, songs write me. ... Writing a song can be agony or ecstasy. It can take half an hour… — Sammy Cahn Copy Share Image
Writing on my own versus co-writing kind of is the exact same thing because we don't sit in the same room when… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I learned to write by writing. I tended to do anything as long as it felt like an adventure, and to stop… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Rarely does a complete idea come to me. I basically start with just a small scene or a snatch of dialogue and… — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
“Write and keep writing, not because people will like it, but because someone may get a kick out of thrashing your book.” — Magus Tor Copy Share Image
Why am I compelled to write? Because the writing saves me from this complacency I fear. Because I have no choice. — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
Writers like to write, and writing in different forms - short, long, bite-sized, done on the fly, done with painstaking attention -… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I write to invite the voices in, to watch the angel wrestle, to feel the devil gather on its haunches and rise.… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
That is my essential reason for writing, not for fame, not to be celebrated after death, but to heighten and create life… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing - none of that is writing. Writing… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
It has always seemed to me that if you could talk about your work in fully-formed phrases, you wouldn't write it. The… — Hortense Calisher Copy Share Image
There is a big difference between wanting to say you wrote a book, and actually writing one. Many people think they want… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
The art of songwriting is just stumbling your way to something really special, and you don't know what you're going to write… — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
As a writer I have always fought for the right to write. For writing is a time-honored means of communication. Lack of… — Piri Thomas Copy Share Image
we should write because writing brings clarity and passion to the act of living. writing is sensual, experiential, grounding. we should write… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
you once said to would like to sit beside me while I write. Listen in that case I could not write at… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“For me, if I have writer’s block it means I know that what I am writing is not working quite right and… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“On writing, my advice is the same to all. If you want to be a writer, write. Write and write and write.… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
“And why don't you write? Write! Writing is for you, you are for you; your body is yours, take it. I know… — Hélène Cixous Copy Share Image
I think the first thing - if you want to be a writer - the first thing you need to do is… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“A lot of teenagers write to me and say "I want to write a book. I want to get published." And those… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
“Write it. Just write it. Write it on receipts in the car while you wait for your kid to finish their piano… — Melodie Ramone Copy Share Image
I start my process hand written, and then I dump it in. It's like you're getting a second draft 'cause when I… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
