“If you have a story inside you but don't know where to start, look within and write from the heart, for the… — Shanda Trofe Write from the Heart Copy Share Image
I am the luckiest old broad on two feet if the truth were known. It's - but it all goes back to… — Betty White Copy Share Image
“This much is true: When you are about to effect the lives of hundreds of people, Satan will do everything he can… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully,… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
“No shame in having a ghostwriter," Storm said. "Some of the best books published every year are penned by talented writers whose… — Richard Castle Copy Share Image
When you're a writer, the question people always ask you is, "Where do you get your ideas?" Writers hate this question. It's… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
“If you were destined to be a poet, then you won't brainstorm for lines that rhymes. If you were destined to be… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Writers are there to write, not experience things. If you want to experience things, become a pirate or a Bookhunter. If you… — Walter Moers Copy Share Image
With every episodic, there's a learning curve where writers try to find the voice of the characters by way of the actors.… — Sasha Roiz Copy Share Image
“She asked me "what is it about these people - the silent ones, the thinking ones, and the brooding ones why do… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
When you decide you want to become a television writer, you naively assume it's going to be like the writers on the… — Jeffrey Klarik Copy Share Image
“As a rough rule, it seems that writers fall into two camps. There are those who delight in rousting the truth from… — Will Blythe Copy Share Image
Popularizing - much less venturing beyond one's secure turf - was frowned upon for many years. I think I probably internalized the… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
“An author is similar to an actor. They play many characters in their lives—photographer, nurse, dancer, doctor, writer, etc. As an author,… — Mischa Temaul Copy Share Image
If I'm going to do a big film, I'm very choosy about what I do, because I think I want to continue… — James Duval Copy Share Image
“Writers use both their blood and their brains to explore the darkest recesses of their pooling self. Writing allows us to harness… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
In general, writers who talk to their colleagues and neighbors constantly about their own writing seem to me pretty insufferable. I try… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
A lot of artists start out as failed poets, then move on to being failed short-story writers before they finally break through… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
There are many writers who have influenced me and who I enjoy reading, but Lucille Clifton and Gwendolyn Brooks are at the… — Renee Watson Copy Share Image
“Act as if you're a writer. Sit down and begin. Act as if you might just create something beautiful, and by beautiful… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
What brought me to the table was Raymond Chandler and, to a lesser degree, Ross Macdonald and Dashiell Hammett. I was basically… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“Writers are a combative bunch when it comes to aesthetics, and the generation before GENRE are born into a discourse that’s been… — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
Real writers - serious writers with serious subjects, who earn their living at it - all seem to write in small rooms… — Peter York Copy Share Image
To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not be otherwise than blind, because their preference… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
That 'writers write' is meant to be self-evident. People like to say it. I find it is hardly ever true. Writers drink.… — Renata Adler Copy Share Image
I was a screenwriting major at Georgetown, and I was in class with some really strong writers like Jonathan Nolan, who co-wrote… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
You need the words, you need the script, you need the material, you need the commitment, you need the passion, it's like… — Nia Long Copy Share Image
Not all, but too many of the best writers, composers, and artists of our time begin to be acclaimed only when they… — Clement Greenberg Copy Share Image
My whole life experience feeds into my writing. I think that must be true for every writer. Clearly the Army and combat… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
I'm not someone who comes onstage and says, 'I'm rewriting this now.' I don't think it's fair to the writers or the… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
Writers of historical fiction are not under the same obligation as historians to find evidence for the statements they make. For us… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
“You start wondering if you deserved those high reviews on your books or if people just pitied you and went “Poor sod.… — Ash Gray Copy Share Image
A lot of young writers are very precious about their words. Don't be - you've got to be ready to burn stuff.… — Josh Lieb Copy Share Image
The most enviable writers are those who, quite often unanalytically and unconsciously, have realized that there are different facets to their nature… — Dorothea Brande Copy Share Image
“But I seemed unable to do anything that pleased anyone and that included me, my own self, though at that time I… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Let the novelists fret about consistency - story writers should feel free to jam; to get things right in new, surprising ways… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
My female writers have always been my backbone. I had a writing room of six women for five years so I know… — Michael Patrick King Copy Share Image
I'm not fundamentally a writer. I know writers, and I have a tremendous amount of respect for them. It bothers me that… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
