When I'm actually writing by hand, I get more of a sense of the rhythm of sentences, of syntax. The switch to… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
For any writer, the ability to look at a sentence and see what's superfluous, what can be altered, revised, expanded, and, especially,… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
I have advice for new writers, first of all, at any time in the history of publishing in my experience, there will… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I always write my novels with music (I don't listened to the music seriously.) Music seems to encourage me. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
We wanted to write a whole song about partying and then taking Yellow Cabs home. That's the weirdest topic we've ever thought… — Taryn Manning Copy Share Image
My work is very eclectic. I write books that range from writing fiction, writing fable where I am very directly trying to… — Jonathon Keats Copy Share Image
“Like Wide Sargasso Sea and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, fanfiction asserts the rights of storytellers to take possession of characters and… — Anne Jamison Copy Share Image
“For the narrative to exist, so that it could be read and reread even if I was taken away. Stories outlive their… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
And it was about then, about that time, that I began to find life unsatisfactory as an explanation of itself and was… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
In 'Law & Order,' your main job is to stay out of the way of the plot. On another show you'd receive… — Jeremy Sisto Copy Share Image
“Written in pain, written in awe By a puzzled man who questioned What we were here for - Oh! You Pretty Things ” — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I have a healthy appetite for solitude. If you don't, you have no business being a writer. — Will Self Copy Share Image
I call Algonquin Books 'the gods and goddesses of publishing.' Not only did they give me a career, they care deeply about… — Caroline Leavitt Copy Share Image
What makes me a believer is that from time to time, going back almost as far as my memory will go back,… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
I realized that I was writing about folks with lots of skills, especially fix-it skills and survival skills, who were nonetheless not… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
“For some, vampires are still firmly in the 'evil, scary' column. However, in recent decades, vampires also run the gamut from evil… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
“To paint an image and to write a poem, is to reclaim the dignity and personal joy...it is an invitation for my… — Reclaiming my Life Isabella Koldras Copy Share Image
Before computers were everywhere I used record books, the old-fashioned way. I loved to cram, and I still love to cram, anything… — Steve Bunce Copy Share Image
When you are going through something that heavy, for me anyway, I couldn't imagine writing about anything else. I always tend to… — Nicole Atkins Copy Share Image
The artist is always engaged in writing a detailed history of the future because he is the only person aware of the… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
I'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire. — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
Like so many writers I started writing stories because I didn't have much time for anything else. — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
