“How....will I ever truly depict you? You’re perfect, my writing isn’t.” — Sanober Khan Copy Share Image
Touching on universality is an important part of effective storytelling, but the problem with cliches is that they are tired and dull.… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
The 13-episode model lends itself to a more serialised format, which is nice and gives writers a chance to breathe some space… — Eddie Cahill Copy Share Image
“I read daily, not so much for the benefit of my writing, but because I am addicted to it. There is nothing… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“Who is better off? The one who writes to revel in the voluptuousness of the life that surrounds them? Or the one… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“To write is not just seeing the world through a kaleidoscope of possibilities, but a means to shift the tides of color… — H.S. Crow Copy Share Image
There is a group of entrepreneurs pushing the envelope, government officials that are making significant changes despite the odds, and visionary writers,… — Robin Chase Copy Share Image
“Writers use narratives to select from everything there is, and make contexts by putting the pieces into relation; that’s what writers do,… — Paul Shepheard Copy Share Image
Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There is obviously no rule about this, except… — Wolcott Gibbs Copy Share Image
“All I really want to do today is go to the book store, drink coffee and read.” — Ann Marie Frohoff Copy Share Image
“In his earliest youth, he had drawn inspiration from really bad authors, as you may have seen from his style; as he… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
“Dreams, kindled in the fire of imagination, ignite in the brilliance of our minds, and are wrought in the work of our… — Suzy Davies Copy Share Image
The best liars lie with their eyes rather than with their words. This might put writers at a disadvantage. — Joanna Scott Copy Share Image
Some will think your writing is genius. Some will think it juvenile. What's important is that you, the writer, are satisfied with… — D Michael Hardy Copy Share Image
“I have always noticed that these artists and writers are very unbalanced” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
For me, Fitzgerald was one of the great American writers of the last century; a wordsmith, a storyteller, a perfectionist. — Robert Littell Copy Share Image
Some writers, I'm told, look for their characters' surnames in telephone directories. I don't - it seems too obvious. Or too deliberate:… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
“Writers don’t get time off. Every moment - waking or sleeping - a writer is working, observing, thinking and creating.” — Graeme Roberts Copy Share Image
Peaky' is a very personal thing for me because it's based on stories that I was told as a kid by my… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
“A writer who can’t use his firsthand experience must turn to secondhand experience, which can lead to thirdhand clichés.” — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You have a voice don't be afraid to speak, live through your pen and create a legacy. — Michael Kilby Copy Share Image
I know a lot of writers who would much rather be writing the Great American Novel, but they've got bills to pay… — Eric Stoltz Copy Share Image
