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
I do a lot of writing in my capacity as the creative director for a marketing agency. These days, though, I'm trying… — Ian Doescher Copy Share Image
Our eyes are not viewers, they're also projectors that are running a second story over the picture that we see in front… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
I guess the idea of not wanting to choose to direct a film, for which I've not read a script. It's a… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I've always found it pretty difficult to write a happy song. Since I was a kid, when I pick up my guitar… — Aaron Bruno Copy Share Image
Whenever I write for hotel reservations, I always enclose a set of rules I have made for the hotels. — Ethel Waters Copy Share Image
You don't have to be a good person to be a good writer--history shows it's better if you're not--but you have to… — Peter Abrahams Copy Share Image
It's the tradition of American writers getting away in order to see the country - to get a better view. — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
If you want to be a serious writer, then you have to write what there is to write about. If you're going… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I'm saying that the domain of poetry includes both oral & written forms, that poetry goes back to a pre-literate situation &… — Jerome Rothenberg Copy Share Image
Writing that flirts with incoherence can just as readily flounder as writing characterized by simplicity and composure. There is no reliable formula… — Joanna Scott Copy Share Image
I'm a storyteller - that's my chamber, that's my box. I'm always tryin' to give you the best story from our side… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
A poet could write volumes about diners, because they're so beautiful. They're brightly lit, with chrome and booths and Naugahyde and great… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
If you're angry, you don't have to write a poem dealing with the cause of your anger. But it needs to be… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
I'm supposed to be taking time off. But I'm still writing and I have this Gap advert lined up. — Joss Stone Copy Share Image
Men must speak English who can write Sanskrit; they must speak a modern language who write, perchance, an ancient and universal one. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Everyone seems to assume that the unscrupulous parts of journalism will be the frivolous or jocular parts. This is against all ethical… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Hollywood has made a big push to be more supportive of female writers and directors. — Katy O'Brian Copy Share Image
People are in denial all the time, hiding things. If I tell you a racist or dirty joke and you laugh, you're… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
