“At the end of their journey, a hero may stand in the same place where their story started, but nevertheless they have… — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
What I adore is supreme professionalism. I’m bored by writers who can write only when it’s raining. — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
“You can find all the new ideas in the old books; only there you will find them balanced, kept in their place,… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Even in so-called realist or conventional writing there can be defamiliarization. — Leni Zumas Copy Share Image
People get trapped sometimes and they don't feel they have a voice. And if you can in some way help someone by… — Lisa Stansfield Copy Share Image
A combed writing will cost both sweat and the rubbing of the brain. And combed I wish it, not frizzled or curled. — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
...compartmentalization of occupations and interests bring about a separation of that mode of activity commonly called 'practice' from insight; of imagination from… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“If a tale we're reading or watching on screen is too familiar, it becomes boring; we know the end from the beginning… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Write what you know. Write what you don't know. But most of all, write what you'd rather not know. — Sam Lipsyte Copy Share Image
As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
It's scary when you get to a point where you write these songs that people like, and then you think, "Am I… — Bethany Cosentino Copy Share Image
In writing for movies, you obviously want to resolve things and have a sense of completion at the end - in an… — Mitch Glazer Copy Share Image
I believe that authors don't have a responsibility to include "messages" in their work, but they do have a responsibility to write… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Most contemporary novels are not really "written." They obtain what reality they have largely from an accurate rendering of the noises that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As a writer, my job is to think of evil ways to destroy the world and save it. What could be more… — Lisa Yee Copy Share Image
I try not to push characters too close to myself because they get harder to write, but as a writer, you try… — Tom King Copy Share Image
Eva [Braun] liked to write cards and letters, she spent a great deal of time on this. She had lovely writing, lovely… — Gretl Braun Copy Share Image
I'm simply interested in what is going to happen next. I don't think I can control my life or my writing. Every… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Write what you yourself would like to read, a story that will entertain and challenge you. If you try and follow the… — J.D. Trafford Copy Share Image
One of the first things I want do when I start writing music for a film is to create its own sound… — Ludwig Goransson Copy Share Image
Siamese twins are interesting because they are the only people who can write a biography and an autobiography at the same time. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
“A producer is a man with a dream. I say, ‘I don’t write, I don’t direct, I don’t act, I don’t compose… — Larry Truman Copy Share Image
Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
People are more aware now of cities and of different ways of life. I suppose the writing I do is a bit… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“Everyone can write a cliche. What's rare is to write them often and unashamedly enough that people quote it as if it's… — Jimmy Lo Copy Share Image
I should have written more. I should have written more during the period when I just liked so much doing the political… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
Today begins a new saga in my life which I expect to strengthen me and allow me time for reflection... I plan… — Lil' Kim Copy Share Image
“When I write, I can see things that I can't otherwise see, and I feel things that I can't otherwise feel.” — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
When I write a film, there's a particular thing I am wrestling with and the question or concern I'm dealing with has… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
A lot of writing takes place in the subconscious, and it's bound to have an effect. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
If I'm going through something, I paint through it. It's very physical. I'm writing, I'm thinking, I'm meditating, I'm moving, I'm jumping… — Jose Parla Copy Share Image
A big reason I'd spent my career as a writer and not a public speaker is that I am a person who… — Laura Moser Copy Share Image
poetry is first of all a way of life and only secondarily a way of writing. — May Sarton Copy Share Image
A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to… — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
I want to understand the piers of language and music and comprehension that can hold up a building even when what the… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image