A'Lelia Walker did not subsidize specific writers, but she provided a place for all kinds of people to gather. She was one… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
None of us is perfect, but the point of our writing is to try to become better, to learn something that we… — Thomas L. Dumm Copy Share Image
There are some writers who are done when they finish a draft because they've thought it through beforehand. Whereas I'll finish a… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
I've always written poetry but I didn't realise it was a therapy for me until I was maybe 15. That's when my… — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter if your lead character is good or bad. He just has to be interesting, and he has to be… — David Chase Copy Share Image
I keep a journal. I like myself better when I just pour it out. It's easier sometimes, even if you write on… — Fergie Copy Share Image
This is a whole new era where we're moving beyond little edits on single genes to being able to write whatever we… — George M. Church Copy Share Image
“A story always tells the truth about the true intention of the storyteller, regardless of the plot." - Peter Arpesella” — Peter Arpesella Copy Share Image
You can't write well what you don't read for pleasure. If it doesn't entertain you, it's not going to entertain anyone else. — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I closed my own jazz bar so I could be a man who can write novels as I like. I was pleased… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“These words and these stories can save a life. Who knows – maybe even your own.” — Jeanette LeBlanc Copy Share Image
“It’s easy to see what to do once it’s already been done. The difficult time is before it’s to be done, and… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
You can't write about a friend, you can only write about a former friend. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
The benefit of writing a collection - as opposed to a novel - is that I'm able to have some version of… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write. — Annie Proulx Copy Share Image
“The creative writer is compulsively concrete . . . . His fictional house should be haunted by ideas, not inhabited by them;… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
Most of my writer friends are women, and they're all extremely talented, so of course I think the state of contemporary fiction… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
You can't plan to write a great song. It just happens to you. It drops in your lap. It's the same thing… — Neil Diamond Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to write about anything personal because I get way too personal. — Angela Alioto Copy Share Image
Chairman Mao not only introduced Pinyin in China, but also simplified half the Chinese characters, believing that fewer strokes would enable more… — David Tang Copy Share Image
My mother wanted me to be a writer, which I have ended up taking a long road round to. — Mick Foley Copy Share Image
That's what it feels like when I write, like I have this beautiful world in my head, but when I try to… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
I learned as a young man that I don't write jokes, but that I can deliver more mundane material and get a… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
