“Many existing top 20 Scottish writers have flourished in part because of good turns done by institutions, arts community, libraries and bookshops.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“The most difficult thing about writing; is writing the first line.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Love is benign only when it gets what it wants. Otherwise love can be far more destructive than mindless sex.” — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
Writers seem mesmerized by the state - the temporal entity. The word 'perestroika' is impressed somehow on our minds. But that is… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
A great writer reveals the truth even when he or she does not wish to. — Tom Bissell Copy Share Image
“People approach writers, assuming we pull a perfect text out of our nose each time (well spelled). Spelling is the least of… — Sara Levine Copy Share Image
“[A] writer’s most powerful weapon, his true strength, was his intuition, and regardless of whether he had any talent, if the critics… — Félix J. Palma Copy Share Image
Kindle Worlds is a clever way to monetize a formerly underground trend, and to enable its participants to be remunerated. But it… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
“I’m sure there are people who are content to run errands and report for work on time and wait, with an enlivening… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
I'm definitely one of those actresses who comes to a set knowing how I want to do a scene, and I definitely… — Summer Glau Copy Share Image
“If insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results - then success is insanity squared!… — Brian Rock Copy Share Image
“i didn't call myself a writer until everyone else did. i knew it was real then.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
They're pretty particular about what they show. They certainly edit the scripts and have conversations with the writers about what they are… — James Denton Copy Share Image
When the 'Guardian' is commissioning writers to write obituary pieces about you and your career... it doesn't get much nastier than that.… — James Corden Copy Share Image
One of the first things that I did was, I got myself a publicist as soon as 'Maria Full of Grace' premiered… — Patricia Rae Copy Share Image
“¿No escribe uno acaso para entenderse mejor a sí mismo y al mundo?” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling… — Dan Harmon Copy Share Image
“I now understand that writing fiction was a seed planted in my soul, though I would not be ready to grow that… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“When you start searching for ‘pure elements’ in literature you will find that literature has been created by the following classes of… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
My teacher Tom Spanbauer, the man who got me started writing in his workshop, used to say: 'Writers write because they weren't… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
