“What is your advice to young writers?” “Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes.” — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“Writing is mental exercise and the preeminent method to train the mind to achieve a desirable state of mental quietude. Meditative writing,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Most writers can tell stories of how their books failed to be made into films. — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
Writers are magpies by nature, always collecting shiny things, storing them away and looking for connections of things. — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“Falling in love with a writer is a dangerous thing, isn't it? The only thing you get out of it sometimes is… — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
“As most real writers do, he wrote because he had something to say, not because of any specific ambition to be a… — James Hilton Copy Share Image
I'm not like some other writers: I have no actual urgent need or desire to add to what's written. You write it;… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“I am a writer and things which don't happen in real world, happen in my world.” — Amay Saxena Copy Share Image
Censorship is the thing that stops you doing what you want to do, and what writers want to talk about is what… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Nothing leaves a scar upon an Authors heart more than a book they've written with purpose going unread.” — Mark W Boyer Copy Share Image
Many people hear voices when no one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where… — Margaret Chittenden Copy Share Image
“And people turn to internet with the hope that in this virtual world, where real identity need not be disclosed, they will… — Chitralekha Paul Copy Share Image
It's great working with great writers and directors because you're getting paid for something you love and want to do. — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
“There's no such thing as 'no market'. Some books are just niche orientated that's all.” — Jo Linsdell Copy Share Image
“You have to believe that your voice can mean something. You have to believe that what you do matters. And you have… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
“A kind of losing loadum is their game, Where the worst writer has the greatest fame.” — John Wilmot Copy Share Image
When we created 'Goodness Gracious Me,' it was quoting 'Python' and Woody Allen lines that really bonded the writers, and the 'Spamalot'… — Sanjeev Bhaskar Copy Share Image
The life of every person is like a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I hope I don't write TOO many books! When I look at authors who have written too many books, I wonder to… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“You are a writer when your overwhelming need to tell a story outweighs your fear of ridicule.” — Julie Rodelli Copy Share Image
“Write the ending first and then you'll know before the opening sentence that it's going to be a good book.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Writing 'Schottenfreude' has reinforced the fact that there are few, if any, emotions that have not been experienced, and analyzed, by some… — Ben Schott Copy Share Image
