It's my feeling that any writer can get an emotion into a story without being sentimental as long as the emotion is… — Charles Baxter Copy Share Image
Seriously, I don't consider myself a writer. I don't think I have writing talent. But I will continue to do it. — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
You usually find me writing what I like to think of as intelligent summer action and genre films. — Max Landis Copy Share Image
You should give it to Max, Liesel. See if you can leave it on the bedside table, like all the other things."… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
It's so easy, as a writer, to get stuck in your own head, to live in the little worlds you create. To… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“[Writing is] about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life as well. It's about… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“You know what they say about writers: we can do it quietly, in many different positions, and all night long.” — Christopher D. Votey Copy Share Image
Know your literary tradition, savor it, steal from it, but when you sit down to write, forget about worshiping greatness and fetishizing… — Allegra Goodman Copy Share Image
“She saw poetry where other writers merely saw failure to cope with English.” — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I can't imagine why you would want to take your child to see what the career of a writer is like, because… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book. — R. L. Stine Copy Share Image
Acting is fun; it's easier than writing, and if you get on a [TV] show, it draws people to your stand-up. That's… — Hannibal Buress Copy Share Image
I read a lot of ghost stories because I was writing a ghost story. I didn't think at all I was writing… — Susan Hill Copy Share Image
“Fitzgerald's work was almost entirely out of print when 'The Lost Weekend' was published in 1944—even 'Gatsby' seemed well on its way… — Blake Bailey Copy Share Image
“Writing is like a relationship. When it is good, it is damn good; when it is bad, you contemplate murder.” — Nevea Lane Copy Share Image
“Ridge: Oh, and btw, I didn't write that on your forehead. What? I run to the dresser and look in the mirror… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
It's easier to greenlight your own films when you're not surrounded by other people aspiring to make films. You have to work… — Matthew Porterfield Copy Share Image
“Yeah, I know what your English Professor tried to tell you. But if your English Professor could make a living writing fiction,… — Dean Wesley Smith Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we don't know where we are going until we get there.” — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Copy Share Image
I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Events like this don't give me the sense of oneness others seem to enjoy; it's always been private occasions that make me… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Ed Wood served a great purpose - mainly making writers feel better about their work. — R. K. Milholland Copy Share Image
