Airplanes”. “It was cool to meet people that liked music as much as I did. As soon as we started writing together,… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
Five common traits of good writers: (1) They have something to say. (2) They read widely and have done so since childhood.… — James J. Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
Obviously, once you're finished, you're like, "Okay, I have to make this a movie now, and I need people - bodies to… — Tamara Jenkins Copy Share Image
Writers are in control of editing processes - making a sentence better, cutting out a paragraph. But the initial outpouring has very… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
I won't be remembered for my writing. I'll be remembered as Scott's mistress. — Sheilah Graham Westbrook Copy Share Image
I said that I'm only there to write the truth, I'm not going to cover anything up, but I'll put everything in… — David Maraniss Copy Share Image
Being an insomniac only slows me down. I try not to write at night, as I'm concerned that this will affect the… — Elliot Perlman Copy Share Image
“The most important trait of a writer is an authentic voice. Writers have to have faith in their own voice, and their… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
I don't know if I am a good, average, or bad writer, but I write fast. Everything I observe, my experiences and… — Dhanush Copy Share Image
I had no idea, when I was writing early on, that my poems would be published or read by anyone, never mind… — Denise Duhamel Copy Share Image
“Let your words be your voice. And let your voice be heard within the hearts of others.” — Anasia Nicole Hixon Copy Share Image
I wrote fiction during my entire childhood, from age 4 to 18, and started writing plays when I went to Yale and Oxford. — Taiye Selasi Copy Share Image
Writing's not precious to me. It's not a thing that requires specific environment. You know, it's my job. Just like anybody with… — James Frey Copy Share Image
Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it's hard for giant egos to admit you need anyone but yourself to… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
I just want to start writing, whether or not any of it is useable or marketable. — Lisa Kudrow Copy Share Image
“Dear Mrs. Black: On seven prior occasions this company has denied your claim in writing. We now deny it for the eighth… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
Yes, writing a novel, my boy, is like driving pigs to market - you have one of them making a bolt down… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
For all of my class projects, I somehow turned it into a commercial parody or put on plays. My whole thing was… — Noel Wells Copy Share Image
More or less the first thing that comes into my head is that some people are always looking for what they want… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I wasn't that great a chef, and I don't think I'm that great a writer. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
“But the period I studied -- the rollicking eighteenth century engraved by Hogarth -- was the one that saw the birth of… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
As a writer, or as a filmmaker, you have to present yourself, and part of what yourself is is what you're interested… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
“My favourite sound in the world — hearing your heart beat beat for my heart.” — Timothy Joshua Copy Share Image
I'm so thrilled to have won the RITA. The award is particularly special because it is given by other romance authors. It's… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
The world was going on as usual. All the time she was writing the world had continued. — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
For a long while, I found Parker impossible. He went away for 23 years. I tried to bring him back a few… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
“For the writer under Actually Existing Socialism describing sex is a simple matter: he simply does not do it (the describing, I… — Philip Sington Copy Share Image
Writers can get very angry when an actor says, "I don't know, I don't feel very comfortable with this line." Sometimes though,… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
Agatha Christie's writing is incredibly skillful because her books are incredibly intellectually puzzling and challenging. — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
When I'm taking the subway to my improv shows I will be writing in my notebook different actions that I see people… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I really have no idea where the darkness comes from. Other writers have said that there are two subjects worth writing about,… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
The logic for me, in writing it is that the different areas or different years are almost like different rooms. — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I started writing, then said I don't know if I want to share all that. I don't know if I want to… — Jason Taylor Copy Share Image
Remember, when the writers refer to themselves as 'we' and to the reader as 'you,' this is two against one. — Judith Rascoe Copy Share Image
I want to write about serious things, but I want to write about them in a way that makes them accessible to… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
I think one of the coolest things about the job is the level of trust we have for each other. The actors… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system. — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
