I might spend 100 pages trying to get to know the world I'm writing about: its contours, who are my main characters,… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
I had written a book. For various reasons, the publishing industry had decided that my book was going to be 'important.' The… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
“I saw that I could write ten thousand more pages of shimmering prose and still be nothing but a blind minotaur stumbling… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
It's impossible to write about Native life without humor-that's how people maintain sanity. — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
I don't want to make a comfortable film. I'm not interested in that. I'm not interested in answering people's questions; I'm interested… — Sam Levinson Copy Share Image
Quiet, moving, masterfully crafted. Such are the nine stories in Venus in the Afternoon. Tehila Lieberman writes with precision, restraint, with a… — Miroslav Penkov Copy Share Image
He who writes poetry is not a poet. He whose poetry has become his life, and who has made his life his… — Subramanya Bharathi Copy Share Image
Question the Chestnuts. Chestnuts: the new name for boobs? No. NO. Why would you even say that? Get your mind out of… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
Obviously, television is a writer's medium, so you get a lot more power and authority. With a film, the discipline is having… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I said, other people can write songs, let's see if I can. So the first 400 or 500 wound up on the… — Gregg Allman Copy Share Image
There's a lot of rage in my head. I like the friction that means there is nothing relaxing about writing a poem.… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
“What does the story mean, then?” “It means what you want it to mean,” Hoid said. “The purpose of a storyteller is… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“We achieve originality of style not by avoiding the influences of others but by blending them into a combination that has not… — Scott Norton Copy Share Image
Growing up, I had always been an avid bookworm and a straight-A student. I approached my cancer the same way I approached… — Suleika Jaouad Copy Share Image
I never understood how one could write a whole book: It is so technically challenging, and it's incredible the way writers put… — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
Building a dollhouse is a lot like writing a novel because you are God of the Universe. — Jill McCorkle Copy Share Image
I've never been intimidated to write music, to minister through leading worship, preaching or teaching, or even writing a book or acting.… — Ricardo Sanchez Copy Share Image
The great thing about using the past is that it gives you the most colossal freedom to invent. The research is necessary,… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
I think having a great range of experiences in my life had helped me as a writer, particularly a writer of fiction.… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
I am and will always be a HUGE Star Wars Geek and wanted to study film making. I really am not a… — Holly Golightly Copy Share Image
The way that TV is set up is very helpful for when a show comes to an end because as an actor,… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
“Design is your silent storyteller. The visual aesthetic you share with the world tells a story about the values you uphold. When… — Laura Busche Copy Share Image
