“Maybe that's what writers do- Maybe they exaggerate pain just so that you feel okay about what you're feeling.” — Sanhita Baruah Copy Share Image
Yes, I was good at reading people. I studied them so I could put them in my novels. — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
All of the great writers whom I admire have died. I guess the most recent one would be Marquez. — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
Writers don't need to be given formulas; they need to be shown possibilities. — Barry Lane Copy Share Image
“Writers write for the same reason readers read. We want to know how it ends, too.” — Robynn Tolbert Copy Share Image
As cliche as that sounds, Maya Angelou is one of the best writers I've ever read. She's very wise and to the… — Goldlink Copy Share Image
It's none of their business that you had to learn how to write. Let them think that you were born that way. — Ernest Hemingway 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
Luckily I haven't fallen into the trap, which has claimed so many writers, of living from day to day thinking 'Ah, I'll… — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share Image
The truth of it is, writers do have peculiar relationships with their characters. They are our children in more senses than one.… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world." [ Speech upon being awarded the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“A work of art doesn’t need to provide complete answers in order to succeed. It needs only to excite us into asking… — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
“Good writers are like magpies, attracted to shiny things and storing away treasures - pieces of dialogue and experience - which pop… — Jane Wilson-Howarth Copy Share Image
“Sensitive people care when the world doesn't because we understand waiting to be rescued and no one shows up. We have rescued… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Writing is not a job description. A great deal of it is luck. Don't do it if you are not a gambler… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
That's the thing about fiction writers: what seems alarming or particular or perverse about them is simply the shape of their brain… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
The writers that I aspire to, like Joni Mitchell and Randy Newman, they'll tell you that the work gets harder, not easier.… — Christopher Cross Copy Share Image
“1. Write like you’ll live forever — fear is a bad editor. 2. Write like you’ll croak today — death is the… — Ron Dakron Copy Share Image
“Being a writer all boils down to this: It's you, in a chair, staring at a page. And you're either going to… — Alessandra Torre Copy Share Image
“Always write exactly what you’re feeling at the exact moment when writing something like poetry or an emotional novel. Put yourself, pour… — Nina Jean Slack Copy Share Image
“Why do writers use symbolism?” Okay, so let’s say you have a headache and you wanna tell someone about it and you… — John Green Copy Share Image
I believe that, more than anything else, this grief of constantly having to face down our own inadequacies is what keeps people… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
Most of the writers in TV are from L.A. or New York, and those are places where people are cynical and snarky.… — Chris Pratt Copy Share Image
“Balzac was pretty funny. His philosophy is plain and simple, says basically that pure materialism is a recipe for madness. The only… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
“To write a good book, you must read one book for each page of the book you are about to write.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
New writers seem to pop up from everywhere. And quite a few of them are really good and original. — Toni Jerrman Copy Share Image
“The truth is, we don't have an easy language for emotional life. That's why we have writers.” — Susie Orbach Copy Share Image
I always want to do something I haven't done before and get to work with other actors, writers, or directors that I… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
Every sketch goes through a rewrite stage where a group of writers sits around a table and pitches more jokes and ideas… — Vanessa Bayer Copy Share Image
I feel that the world needs writers. We need to know what's really going on. — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
“Fuck the world with your attitude, to live for, needed for this life!” — Shivi Goyal Copy Share Image
As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“Writers are compulsive liars desperately trying to tell themselves the truth.” — Anthony Marais Copy Share Image
When it comes to writers and poets, for me it's Vinicius de Moraes. He's one of the greatest lyricists ever. — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
“Research" is a wonderful word for writers. It serves as excuse for EVERYTHING” — Rayne Hall Copy Share Image
One of my favorite writers is Hans Christian Anderson. His stories speak to the times. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Faiz Ahmed Faiz was like a leading star of the progressive writers who emerged in undivided India. — Javed Akhtar Copy Share Image
“...but they were writers and writers suggest things just to see what happens next.” — Abigail Thomas Copy Share Image
I like a lot of Spanish language writers. I really love Javier Marias. — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
“For many writers the goal is a 1,000 words a day. For me - just give me one thought, and the words… — Garry Fitchett Copy Share Image
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