I was trying to support a family with writing. I didn't have a private income. I had no other profession. — John Updike Copy Share Image
I always had stories inside my head and one day I just decided to start writing them down. I didn't actually decide. — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
I honestly turned to writing because I didn't know what else to do, and because a friend had gently suggested it. — Emily Susan Rapp Copy Share Image
I can't imagine writing if I didn't have a reader. Any more than an actor can imagine acting without an audience. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
“If he didn't like the writing, then he didn't like her, and everything she had done in her whole life would be… — Alethea Kontis Copy Share Image
When I first started writing, I didn't write about scientists at all. I think I wanted a break from that part of… — Karl Iagnemma Copy Share Image
I went to school to study literature and writing, even though I didn't end up really doing that in the end. — Gaby Hoffmann Copy Share Image
I've got Ph.D. just because I enjoyed reading and writing and didn't know what else to do. It was something fun to… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
I designed all the characters, anyway, and Frank Doyle was doing all the writing. I didn't have any more input on what… — Dan DeCarlo Copy Share Image
The entire making of 'Within and Without' was a series of experiments and trial by error. When I started writing, I didn't… — Washed Out Copy Share Image
This is a stamina game, so don't despair if you run down a blind alley and have to start over, or if… — Tim Maleeny Copy Share Image
No one is making extraordinary things alone. They might be alone in their bedroom while they're recording or writing, but they didn't… — Kelela Copy Share Image
The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
I always liked to write and had fun writing, but I didn't have any pretensions about being a writer. I liked to… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
I started writing the one-sentence stories when I was translating 'Swann's Way.' There were two reasons. I had almost no time to… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
“Most—but not all—of the writers I knew then were young men who cherished their independence, were unconcerned about job security, and were… — Sterling Lord Copy Share Image
By junior high, I was a horrible student. But during my sophomore year of high school, I did have a fabulous English… — Andrea Barrett Copy Share Image
Twenty years ago, when I started writing, I didn't define myself as an African-American writer. And then you write books and you're… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I love comedy and I would write things to myself as an exercise in writing. I didn't do well for years, and… — George Lopez Copy Share Image
“Since reading and writing didn’t come easily, Irving learned that “to do anything really well, you have to overextend yourself. . .… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
I'd gotten the message in my home, starting with my grandfather, that real work, the kind that makes you sweat and gets… — Ali Liebegott Copy Share Image
Usually, I have a lot of acquaintance with the story before I start writing it. When I didn't have regular time to… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
'What It Is' was based on this class I've been teaching for 10 years - I wanted to write a book about… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
“At first I wanted to write our story in order to be free of it. But the memories wouldn’t come back for… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
“And why don't you write? Write! Writing is for you, you are for you; your body is yours, take it. I know… — Hélène Cixous Copy Share Image
I was over at Alison's [McGhee], I think we were playing Scrabble. I remember we were both complaining - yeah, we sound… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I didn't study writing. I didn't write anything substantial until I got to California. — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I am less selfish. But I am more insistent on being part of the creative experience. I find I am a better… — Helen Slater Copy Share Image
I don't mind writing so I didn't find that difficult, it's just a question of finding the time to do it. I… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
I would not be interested in writing if I didn't feel that what I wrote was an act of good citizenship or… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I got my undergrad in Creative Writing, and then I didn't get my Masters in obsession, because I figured I already had… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
I started playing instruments. Writing didn't come until later. I didn't know how to play a keyboard but I'd listen to hits… — Amanda Perez Copy Share Image
When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own… — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share Image
I went to school to study literature and writing, even though I didn't end up really doing that in the end. I… — Gaby Hoffmann Copy Share Image
![“I was over at Alison's [McGhee], I think we were playing Scrabble. I remember we were both complaining - yeah, we sound like whiners - about how hard writing is, and how we didn't have a story to work on. Alison said, 'Why don't we work on writing something together,' and I said, 'Eh, I don't know…” quote by Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/kate-dicamillo-599_complaining_i-was-over-at-alison-s-mcghee-i-think-we_2864462.png)
