I have Graham Greene's telephone number, but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't seek out writers because we all want… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
I don't drive, so one of my assistants drives me to my writing room, and I have a calendar on the wall… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
I know a lot of crime writers feel very underrated, like they're not taken seriously, and they want to be just thought… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
“The first part of my plan is to write until I die. The second part is to not die.” — Will Carver Copy Share Image
I don't really focus on if what I'm writing is pop or not. I just write music and then I try to… — Natalia Lafourcade Copy Share Image
Mystery writing involves solving a puzzle, but high suspense writing is a situation whereby the writer thrusts the hero/heroine into high drama. — Iris Johansen Copy Share Image
Tragedy is a great storytelling form. It worked extremely well for Shakespeare. It worked extremely well for Jim Cameron with 'Titanic.' — Carlton Cuse Copy Share Image
I've been writing a lot of sad songs, and I got to the point where I was like, 'You can't write another… — Dean Lewis Copy Share Image
It just seemed like there were loads of bands in England writing about walking down the street and falling in love. — Simon Taylor-Davis Copy Share Image
Occasionally, chewing over some random letter writer's dilemma, I'll find myself imagining scenarios where the problem could be sidestepped by an innocent… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
“...a writer without authority? Impossible. as Kenneth Burke says, creation implies authority in the sense of originator....” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
I know that whatever power Shelby Steele has always comes out of the writing. I'm not the greatest television pundit or the… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
“It’s not publishing that matters; it’s not writing that matters. What matters is feeling alive while writing, washing dishes, driving, etc. Writing… — Barbara Robinette Moss Copy Share Image
The opportunity to be a storyteller is the greatest thing in the world, and I feel so lucky and really love it. — T. J. Thyne Copy Share Image
All of writing is a huge lake. There are great rivers that feed the lake, like Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky. And then there… — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
I'm the evil mastermind behind the scenes. I'm the wicked puppeteer who pulls the strings and makes you dance. I'm your writer. — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
When you're 16 you write about different things to when you're 21 and have fallen out of love and been on the… — Luke Hemmings Copy Share Image
“I write for the child in everybody,that part of us that is aware and open and courageous. It's also that part of… — Madeleine L’Engle Copy Share Image
Real people conceive originality then think, write but never read of others' posts to copy to follow and the copycats follow exactly… — Anuj Copy Share Image
The other thing being at UCLA was just being in California and around the movie business. Which I honestly believe, and I've… — Shane Black Copy Share Image
We're always being told 'find your voice.' When I was younger, I never really knew what this meant. I used to worry… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
We got Arbitron diaries at my house in the 1980s, when the family was down to just my mother and me, and… — Hank Stuever Copy Share Image
