Writing Quotes · Page 2,551

I write in the garden room, on my terrace at home in Covent Garden.

— David Essex

The thing about literature is that, yes, there are kind of tides of fashion, you know; people come in and out of…

— Salman Rushdie

I try to write my own music. It's a good way of de-stressing.

— Alexandra Daddario

The longing for a very garish kind of success seems as widespread among writers as among investment bankers.

— Pankaj Mishra

“The simple answer is that I have changed my techniques in order to avoid the relentless sameness of my material, but I…

— Ben Marcus

I've seen enough successful writers who no longer seem to care when they are recognized with an award, and I think that's…

— Louise Penny

“The world was doing its best to ignore the fact that I was a writer.”

— Wayne Koestenbaum

I got into journalism through writing, primarily. So even when I took photos when I was reporting, I never thought of photography…

— Jamelle Bouie

“Writing is more about discovery than invention.”

— Diane Setterfield

I wanted to be a writer all my life. Since I was 10. And then at a certain point I began to…

— Tim Winton

“If the story is in you, it has to come out.”

— Elizabeth Adeniyi

There are a lot of editorials that have nothing to do with anything like that. But I was just thinking of that…

— Robert Creeley

Pu La's writing is multi-layered, multi-faceted, and deep.

— Nana Patekar

Part of what I love so much about writing is learning about people who are unlike myself and going to places in…

— Nia DaCosta

I have never thought of writing as hard work, but I have worked hard to find a voice.

— Randy Pausch

I think of myself as naturally idle. The trouble is, the 'nothing' that I do every day is not really nothing. I…

— Robert Webb

Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can…

— Anonymous

Plus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something.

— Michael Pollan

Once I start writing, I am a huge reviser. To me writing is revising. I probably turn over every sentence that I…

— Matt de la Pena

I do want to write about social/cultural/historical context. I'm interested in relationships, in character, but within a specific social context. Which is…

— Dana Spiotta

I began writing 'Amanda Wakes Up' in 2012 as an outlet for frustration over what I was seeing in TV 'news' at…

— Alisyn Camerota

I have to have something that really excites me in order to write about it.

— John Prine

When writing dialogue, I hear it in both Russian and English, and try to find a language that combines the two.

— David Bezmozgis

For me, directing is like writing with meat. I can write live, in real time, and change things and be confident that…

— David Ayer

When you're writing, you are robbed of your delivery.

— Calvin Trillin