It's not writing in the traditional sense, but I've always said that the writing process continues on the set and even into… — Robert B. Weide Copy Share Image
My writing process is very feedback-based. When I do stand-up, I listen to the audience. I try to understand what's connecting, what's… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we don't know where we are going until we get there.” — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Copy Share Image
If we were truly in the studio making a record, it would have been more time consuming, and certainly I would have… — Taylor Dayne Copy Share Image
“The sooner you finish procrastinating, the sooner you can get back to your art.” — Stephanie Lennox Copy Share Image
In a lot of senses, things are definitely changing in my life, and with what's going on around me. But I still… — Angel Olsen Copy Share Image
But for any writer worthy of the name there are moments during the writing process when the rest of the planet might… — Maria Lenhart Copy Share Image
“I know it's difficult in the beginning. But, listen. If you have the impulse to write, do yourself a favor, do the… — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
Enter the writing process with a childlike sense of wonder and discovery. Let it surprise you. — Charles Ghigna Copy Share Image
“The writer’s life requires courage, patience, empathy, openness. It requires the ability to be alone with oneself. Gentle with oneself. To be… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“I wrote the last sentence of The Patron Saint of Liars in early April and stumbled out of my apartment and into… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
When the writing is good, a book becomes a mirror. The reader will see an uncanny familiarity and respond accordingly — Jen Knox Copy Share Image
“Q: Do you have any advice for upcoming writers who want to pen weird stories? A: READ, damn it. Fill your brain… — T.E. Grau Copy Share Image
“I know now that the poem in my head, the one that pushed me to the page, begged me - or dared… — Juan-Paolo Perre Copy Share Image
“Do not worry about what words to use. Worry about why this story needs to be told and the rest will take… — Moira Katson Copy Share Image
“... my early writing was a silent fury - at what or whom, I had no idea - but I shut it… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“There would seem to be four stages in the composition of a story. First comes the germ of the story, then a… — Malcolm Cowley Copy Share Image
“Today I will find something beautiful. Delicate pink blossoms on a cherry tree. The dove resting near the lemon buds. Sunbeams smiling… — Eileen Granfors Copy Share Image
“Life is a collection of memories and feelings. Mawkish sentimentally urges us to engage in artistic overtures, we yearn to share with… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Each of us, along with our ancestors, inhabits the same cosmos. When we tell stories, we enter the stream of human consciousness;… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
My lesson from that [songwriting process] was that I should go back to where I was and try to make that first… — Yukimi Nagano Copy Share Image
“A person writes similar to how a blind person uses brail. We grope along the palpable corridors of the mind’s organic texture… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“There’s a difference between the ‘art’ of writing and the ‘craft’ of writing. Art is subjective, its beauty lies in the eyes… — Gerard de Marigny Copy Share Image