I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read. — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
The whole joy of writing comes from the opportunity to go over it and make it good, one way or another. — James Salter Copy Share Image
“We didn’t have AC or Cable TV. We had shade trees and storytellers. This is where my writing comes from.” — Jason E. Hodges Copy Share Image
I'll have to get people to write songs for me right now until my own writing comes around. — Andy Gibb Copy Share Image
That is the mystery about writing: it comes out of afflictions, out of the gouged times, when the heart is cut open. — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
It is in the hard rockpile labour of seeking to win, hold, or deserve a reader's interest that the pleasant agony of… — John Mason Brown Copy Share Image
I learned to write by listening to people talk. I still feel that the best of my writing comes from having heard… — Gayl Jones Copy Share Image
I have great difficulty sitting in the middle of the night and writing. Everything I do comes spontaneous. Sometimes it takes a… — Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
Because I'm an art historian, I have some experience of writing that comes out of close attention. That's what really art history… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
If my writing comes to a halt, I head to the shops: I find them very inspirational. And if I get into… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
Sometimes you read something and it's just -- it doesn't invite a reader…Sometimes you read something and it's not saying, 'oh come… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most extraordinary, exciting thing.… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
I really, truly believe that writing comes out of the body; of course, the mind is working as well, but it's a… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
It is in the hard, hard rockpile labor of seeking to win, hold, or deserve a reader's interest that the pleasant agony… — John Mason Brown Copy Share Image
Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Writing comes into being to retain information across time and across space. Before writing, communication is evanescent and local; sounds carry a… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
The love of writing comes at a very early age. For me, for instance, comic books so affected me. And a lot… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
“For some, like me, writing comes at a price. My best creations were written while I was emotionally ripped open. I've spent… — Jennifer Salaiz Copy Share Image
A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I would say if a man is going to write on chemistry, he learns chemistry. The same is true of Christianity. But… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Well, Betsy," he said, "your mother tells me that you are going to use Uncle Keith's trunk for a desk. That's fine.… — Maud Hart Lovelace Copy Share Image
“True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
In general, I feel, or I have come to feel, that the richest writing comes not from the people who dedicate themselves… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
“Bring the words and the objects together, though, and the new story is much more convincingly human. Life no longer stops dead… — Michael Pye Copy Share Image
“A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.” — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading. — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image
“Most authors would be the first to admit the best of their writing is beyond even them. It comes from someplace outside… — K.M. Weiland Copy Share Image
I just like being all over the place and writing whatever comes to mind. Having the tools? It's such a gift. — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
