I write a lot and I will have some originals on the record. I think it is a mistake for an artist… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
Naturally I feel no shame in writing these things because of the time which separates the moment when they are written--when only… — Annie Ernaux Copy Share Image
Of course you want someone special to love you. A majority of the people who write to me inquire about how they… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
Survival, with honor, that outmoded and all-important word, is as difficult as ever and as all-important to a writer. Those who do… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
The Romans have provided a lot of writers with a model for various interstellar empires, of course, and no wonder. The Roman… — Ann Leckie Copy Share Image
I always write to the moment. I've always been that kind of emcee. I don't wanna come in with all the paperwork… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
“ It's a world full of terror and beauty (here her writing became so small Meggie could hardly make it out) and… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
To my mind, nothing is as important as good writing, because in literature, the walls between people and cultures are broken down,… — Richard Bausch Copy Share Image
Writers in the nineteenth century - people like George Eliot and Flaubert - were accustomed to addressing particular communities with which they… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
We ask ourselves all kinds of questions, such as why does a peacock have such beautiful feathers, and we may answer that… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
“Jen's Mum Will Write Jen's mum writes advertising copy. She specializes in white goods: washing machines, dryers, fridges, freezers, dishwashers. She hates… — Margaret Wild Copy Share Image
“Before I’ll take my clone on as a pupil in the craft of writing, he must prove his worthiness. He must write… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“in their times; we need to see more clearly than we do that the spirit of the age in which he grew… — William Oddie Copy Share Image
Great writers, I discovered, were not to be bowed down before and worshipped, but embraced and befriended. Their names resounded through history… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
I wonder why anyone would hesitate to be generous with their writing. I mean, if you really want to make a living,… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“What a pleasure it is to be in the company of a writer with enthusiasm for his subject! It doesn't matter what… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Still, I kept writing. I had no guarantee that I would someday win awards for writing. Heavens, the only person during that… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
“The great writers have always been great readers, but that does not mean that they read all the books that, in their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Novel-writing is a highly skilled and laborious trade. One does not just sit behind a screen jotting down other people's conversation. One… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“Look at all the Eastern writers who've written great Western literature. Kazuo Ishiguro. You'd never guess that The Remains of the Day… — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
As a writer I'm committed to exploring what I call "The invisible things" - the things that people aren't talking about. I… — Steven C. Harper Copy Share Image
I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English―it is the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Modern literary theory sees a similarity between walking and writing that I find persuasive: words inscribe a text in the same way… — Geoff Nicholson Copy Share Image
The idea that writing about characters of another race requires a passage through a critical gauntlet, which involves apology and self-examination of… — C.E. Morgan Copy Share Image
“The world of publishing is in crisis. It's no coincidence that the worst published writer in the world today is also one… — Stewart Lee Copy Share Image
Over the years, I developed an extreme hostility towards the non-profit art organization gulag. I formed the opinion that it's actually a… — Mark Flood Copy Share Image
Shut the door, they're coming through the window, shut the window, they're coming through the door," are the words to an old… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
The commas are the most useful and usable of all the stops. It is highly important to put them in place as… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
“I have the privilege of knowing Ron Blue. Besides being a highly accomplished writer and speaker, Ron founded a financial estate and… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
We had a teacher, named Mr. Brown, and he was writing something on the board once - he was writing something on… — Donald Glover Copy Share Image
Italian is a very different poetic situation and there are these hard and fast rhythmic periods, settenari, ottonari of seven and eight… — Jonathan W. Galassi Copy Share Image
“Writer's block comes from the feeling that one is doing the wrong thing or doing the right thing badly. Fiction written for… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
I think at some level, it's just alchemy that we, as writers, can't explain when we write the characters. I don't set… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
I'm always trying to find that role that will allow me to stretch and play a lot of different sides, but it's… — Dave Franco Copy Share Image
Gimme the tune. Do I like this tune? Does it sound like another tune that I like? The more familiar it is,… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
...But I don't think I'm the only person who is tired of books and movies full of paper-doll characters you don't care… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“What happens if the writer is good is usually not that the work seems derivative or trivial but just the opposite: the… — Thomas C. Foster Copy Share Image
Many poets are not poets for the same reason that many religious men are not saints: they never succeed in being themselves.… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
How would you like your child in kindergarten through 12th grade attending classes with kids who can't read, write, speak or understand… — Frosty Wooldridge Copy Share Image
Mostly, we authors must repeat ourselves - that's the truth. We have two or three great and moving experiences in our lives… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
