“Writers, when they’re good, open windows to worlds held precious and priceless by the soul. It is a sad day when they… — psyche roxas-mendoza Copy Share Image
I wouldn't describe myself as a do-gooder. That's really more my wife. I'm kind of just the obsessed guy who's been writing… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
When I used to write songs, especially on my own, it was just me and a guitar. — Nina Nesbitt Copy Share Image
My general approach to writing fiction is that you try to have as few conceptual notions as possible and you just respond… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Short of a small range of physical acts-a fight, murder, lovemaking-dialogue is the most vigorous and visible inter-action of which characters in… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
Norman Mailer in his writings is ultimately more concerned with success than with danger; danger is only a means to success. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I always write about my own experiences, whether I've had them or not. — Ron Carlson Copy Share Image
I'm writing this memoir from the perspective of somebody who's prosperous and has means. Having said that, one of the things that… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“People who can read and write expertly, as you can, are miracles and, in my opinion, entitle us to suspect we might… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
As a writer, I'm always looking for what I call the universal, something everyone has felt and they can identify with. That's… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
One thing I've found that I can do that I really enjoy is rereading my own writing, earlier stories and novels especially.… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“If only I wouldn’t take this book so seriously. It is just a book after all, and a book is very dead… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
That's what all of us, as writers, actors and comedians, set out to do - shine a light on new perspectives. — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
“It is impossible for any Sherlock Holmes story not to have at least one marvelous scene. [ An Invitation to Learning , January 1942]” — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
If somebody says your story is only published because you look nice in the photo, that maybe spurs you on to write. — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
My primary ambition is to be a fiction writer... Being a critic wasn't an aspiration of mine. — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
“I’ll write something that’s 111% true. It’ll be so true that it’ll be 100% false.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
As with all other aspects of fiction, the key to writing good dialogue is honesty. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, an poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
There are probably some readers who don't want a great American writer to acknowledge that cleaning out the bottom drawer of the… — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
There have been days where I've had two writers' rooms or three writers' rooms going, and you walk back and forth. And… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
What makes me put pen to paper? You know, that's the million-dollar question. I've been writing since I've been reading. It's not… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
A writer has to be driven crazy to help him to see. A writer needs his poisons. — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Just for me - obviously, not all writers think this - but for me, I feel like seeing my book in Target… — Anna Todd Copy Share Image
