Writing Quotes · Page 2,520

Writing a book is hard. It turns out, writing a second book is twice as hard.

— Kami Garcia

What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude.

— A. S. Byatt

“Nothing is easier than to find some individuals—in any group—who share a given writer’s opinion, and to quote such individuals as if…

— Thomas Sowell

Some writers are so enthralled by ideas (one thinks of Doris Lessing) that their characters become debaters, and their fables approach allegory.

— Edmund White

We are so programmed to feel that our emotions are the most important thing in the Universe...We write, produce and act in…

— Krishna Das

Many writers are neither spirit nor wine, but rather spirits- of-wine: they can catch fire, and then they give off heat.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“… writing is always some form of interpretation, some form of translating the specificity of one’s roots or expertise or even one’s…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“Start with a word. A word leads to a sentence, which leads to a paragraph, which leads to a chapter, which leads…

— Mark Pettinger

“Ally wasn't disappointed in the writers: she hadn't expected anything from them in the first place; it hadn't occurred to her to…

— Tessa Hadley

[My] interest as a writer is not in reflecting actual human speech, which, of course, does not occur in sentences and is…

— John Green

I think that whether you've just begun writing or whether you've been writing for fifty years - I mean, I'm excited to…

— Emily Barton

“I’ve often thought the biggest element of successful writing is the ability to get the seat of your pants to the seat…

— Agnes Nixon

A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own…

— David Bowie

We need more points of view from women and we need more support for female directors and writers in the industry.

— Jessica Chastain

He who cannot limit himself will never know how to write.

— Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

That is one last thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody out.

— Joan Didion

Why would they have gone to the trouble to hire the best comedy writers in the business to write funny material for…

— Burt Ward

There are very few things I would love to do other than a life of writing, and I think being a singer-songwriter…

— Lily King

It's not comfortable for me to write about my family. I'm not comfortable writing about me.

— Karl Rove

In old movies, the cinematography is a thousand times better than anything today. Writing, a thousand times better.

— John Kricfalusi

It's actually deeply satisfying to write a story out in full.

— Ryan North

A great writer has all 4 - but you can still be a good writer with only 1 and 2.

— Susan Sontag

When I first started writing, I didn't write about scientists at all. I think I wanted a break from that part of…

— Karl Iagnemma

I know that books I have written will still resonate in 50 years - particularly 'My Sister's Keeper.' It has sold three…

— Jodi Picoult

I had many different careers early on. I knew I wanted to be a writer. But, like so many people, I didn't…

— David Grann