“don't talk about all the things you're going to write; put pen to paper instead.” — Shirley Johnson Copy Share Image
I suppose the danger when you have a job that involves writing is you can be a bit isolated. — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a writer since I was a little girl - long before I was a musician and a songwriter. — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
Writers aren't born properly labeled so it is hard to know one when one appears. — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names. — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
If you write for yourself, you'll reach all the people you want to write for. — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
“Double Sword Tavern.” Tristan said, reading out loud. “Sounds charming and inviting.” — B.C. Morin Copy Share Image
Each new book that comes out kind of pulls up the old ones a little bit. The new releases are always going… — Bryan Lee O'Malley Copy Share Image
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. I am the fellow… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
I have several writer friends, but I don't involve them in my work process. I'm more likely to talk about the business… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
A wise woman once told me "you shouldn't have written that song" I now believe her completely. I should've never put that… — Danny Worsnop Copy Share Image
I always write from a personal place - whether it be about my friends or myself or a story that I heard. — Sharon Van Etten Copy Share Image
Without sounding overly sentimental about the process, I'd say trying to describe how you tend to conceive of a book is like… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
Orlando's a part of me. The next guy's a part of me. And the next guy's a part of me. That's all… — Shemar Moore Copy Share Image
Some things that I write, you'll see a page with cartoon pictures or a drawing of a car - like a Ford… — Andrae Crouch Copy Share Image
The reflections and histories of men and women throughout the world are contained in books… America's greatness is not only recorded in… — Terence Cooke Copy Share Image
We know that children need help to read, and the best time to start them reading is very young. We believe that… — Jane Bown Copy Share Image
The Internet obviously changes things; we've seen that in the music industry above all else. As an author, I'm now having to… — Misha Glenny Copy Share Image
When you're in a band with three writers, three great writers, you only get one third of the writer thing. So that's… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
I can't be reading novels when I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in. The hardest thing to do is keep… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
When I was a bad writer, I would consciously imitate other NPR writers who I thought were wonderful. I suppose that everyone's… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I could name you a dozen superheroes whose powers I'd like to have. But if I could have any power in the… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
