The parallel circumstances and kindred images to which we readily conform our minds are, above all other writings, to be found in… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The ancient commission of the writer has not changed. He is charged with exposing our many grievous faults and failures, with dredging… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Let me back up a little and tell you why I prefer writing to real life: You can rewrite. A novel, for… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I think we have a great deal of mythology around writing. We believe that only a few people can really do it.… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
I love teaching poetry writing. Students come into the class thinking poetry has to be one way, then leave having created pieces… — Cate Marvin Copy Share Image
For me, it's important that a movie is the congregate of all art forms, from writing to art composition to music to… — Mick Garris Copy Share Image
It is a fairly serious thing that you're doing if you're writing about people who are still alive and who still have… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
Writings survive the years; it is by writings that you know Agamemnon, and those who fought for or against him. [Lat., Scripta… — Ovid Copy Share Image
Writing every book is like a purge; at the end of it one is empty ... like a dry shell on the… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
“the whole Bible is itself a missional phenomenon. The writings that now comprise our Bible are themselves the product of and witness… — Christopher J.H. Wright Copy Share Image
"Though many painters and sculptors talk glibly of "going in for photography," you will find that very few of them can ever… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
He pretended it was the only thing that kept him from it. But, far back in his mind, he wondered if he… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
I've found through experience that I'm only good when I'm writing something that, in essence, only I could write. The times I've… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
“When asked why I write psychological horror, I always reply that this form is the most intimate way to reach a reader.… — Wayne Allen Sallee Copy Share Image
No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I used to write my books at night when I was a freelancer with no children. I used to really work in… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
It is said, no man can write but one book; and if a man have a defect, it is apt to leave… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I'm writing a book about Siamese Twins that are attached at the nose. It's called: Stop Staring at Me! — Zach Galifianakis Copy Share Image
I get really excited if I think I'm going to introduce somebody to a writer they haven't found before and I think… — Monica Ali Copy Share Image
For me, wellbehaved books with neat plots and worked-out endings seem somewhat quaint in the face of the largely incoherent reality of… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
“Each writer had a bedroom in the main house and a shack or “work cottage” in which to write. We all met… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
