I've never been that person who thought that because I've written one novel, I should write another and another. It's only when… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
I read my own books sometimes to cheer me when it is hard to write, and then I remember that it was… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to want to be on the outside looking… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Readers take in dialogue one thought at a time. A frequent mistake of beginners is to combine thoughts, which may be suitable… — Sol Stein Copy Share Image
“Honestly,” he says, “I judge writers on how they write queries. If you’re a good writer, you’re a good writer.” And if… — Keith Gessen Copy Share Image
I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal. — Dan Deacon Copy Share Image
I think writing kind of burns out the flaming question. Sometimes it might feel like when you're living with certain paradoxes and… — Maggie Nelson Copy Share Image
Those with a gift for action, for their part, often express contempt for those whose gifts are more reflective. Men of action… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
I write because I like to write. I find joy in the texture and tone and rhythm of words. It is a… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
'Victorious' for me was a chance to write a song exactly how I was feeling - I was feeling triumphant, I was… — Brendon Urie Copy Share Image
The way we learn to write is the way we learn to talk: We listen to others and start mimicking speech, and… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
What is writing, no matter how lavish the pieces, if it says nothing of the truth, cares little for the heart, and… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
“JUST BECAUSE A BUNCH OF ATHEISTS ARE BETTER WRITERS THAN THE GUYS WHO WROTE THE BIBLE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE THEM RIGHT!" [Owen… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. —W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM” — Wendy Wax Copy Share Image
Every man's own character is written so all who will may read it, in the expression of his eyes, the tone of… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
I can't stop myself from finding information that makes me mad and writing about it. — Tim Commerford Copy Share Image
I used to want to be a writer or a painter, although I couldn't paint very well. — Jisoo Copy Share Image
I don't think I ever intended specifically to write for the young adult market. It's just that when the idea for City… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Writing is?waiting for the word that may not be there until next Tuesday. — Richard Wilbur Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a book about two women falling in love that wasn't hinged on tragedy or that involved some horrible… — Camille Perri Copy Share Image
I think I was a feminist before the word was invented. By the time I came across feminist books by American or… — Andrew Denton Copy Share Image
“Writing is a manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.” — John Gregory Dunne Copy Share Image
