“Writing had become a constant partner. She had become my muse. The moments of my madness made me crave her. She was… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try… — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
“The only thing you really need to be a writer is time. Regular, consistent time, quality time when you're not tired. I… — Jonathan Maas Copy Share Image
“This piece of earth I billet grows small. Bullets of time dart past, dropping shards of opportunity at my feet. And until… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“PLEASE TELL ME YOU KNOW OF SYLVIA PLATH Conventions bleed my soul squeeze me old wear me grey like a headstone in… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“Split your skull—a hatchet works well enough. Take a more delicate instrument—a scalpel, perhaps—and make a hand-sized slit; it doesn’t matter where.… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“Critical personal writing enables the author to penetrate mental falsities that imprison him or her in fearfulness, bitterness, and jealously and encompass… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Writing is one of the best therapies that exist. Either on paper, computer, phone or tablet, in any form it is helpful.… — Nico J. Genes Copy Share Image
“The writer’s obsessions are twofold. First, communicate their thoughts onto paper with a great degree of precision in order accurately to express… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“For most of the process, nothing but faith, fueled by your own stubbornness, will be pulling you along. The work that you've… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“I usually get the title for a book first, and I type it up immediately. I sit there and look at it… — Betsy Byars Copy Share Image
“I’m feeling a low regarding writing. I sometimes think I should finish working on my book of stripper poetry that I started,… — Sheila Hageman Copy Share Image
“Practical affairs task the human brain throughout the day. At night, the mind takes a deserved hiatus to consider the impossible and… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“For example, instead of saying that it was a rainy night, you can say, “At night she could see from her window… — Pawan Mishra Copy Share Image
“Recounting the narrative of our personal story in a methodical and chronological manner helps us see our life in a historical perspective.… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
I felt that in a way, I hated the writing process so much. It's excruciating, as I'm sure you know, and so… — Shane Black Copy Share Image
“A real piece of writing is one in which the writer has tried to enrich not only the book, but also his… — Karl Wiggins Copy Share Image
“I started my career in journalism and researched outlaw motorcycle club culture extensively for my stories. This included talking to people in… — Joanna Wylde Copy Share Image
“So they spread the paintings on the lawn, and the boy explained each of them. "This is the school, and this is… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
“Language is an exploratory tool. Linking observations and thoughts in an orderly fashion is the business of a philosopher. A writer is… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
My writing process isn't a very organized thing. The actual writing part is a tiny part of my life. I often write… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“I would finish my evening online class at 9:30 pm and then after making and eating a quick dinner would then keep… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
“We write, edit, and rewrite the story of our own life employing descriptive words, metaphors, and symbols. Our lives are full of… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
I have no one else involved in the writing process. I would hate to feel that I was going into the studio… — Marika Hackman Copy Share Image
“Sifting through long forgotten stories of my childhood and writing on a daily basis, I became obsessed with following the threads of… — Alice Bag Copy Share Image
I don't really know how writing process happens, how these songs are arrived at. One of the things I like about the… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
At the risk, then, of being shunned by some of my gloomier peers, I venture to tell you that writers work like… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
“A person’s life is a bounded thing that must end. We will leave this earth with unfinished business. Regardless of the outcome… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
When the initial little impulse comes it just tends to come. I wake up in the middle of the night, or I'll… — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
“This isn’t a religious book though I mention God, not a medical advisory though I speak of pain. It’s a circus, a… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
It's writing songs within the structure of telling a story, so it becomes a platform for diverse songwriting, for a writing process… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
“Hemingway once said that ‘there is nothing to writing, you just sit down at a typewriter and bleed.’ What Hemingway failed to… — Sean Norris Copy Share Image
Traffic' was an album that had a significant amount of songs. It was not complete and I felt didn't fully represent me… — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
I recognize this in my writing process. A consistent writing structure opens the door to amazing insights. I recognize the truth of… — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
“Some writers are the kind of solo violinists who need complete silence to tune their instruments. Others want to hear every member… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
It's always amazing seeing the song-writing process. A song just starts off as just an idea or a story you want to… — Manika Copy Share Image
“Create the worlds of your choice by writing the books you want.” — Marcia Carrington Copy Share Image
“Writers need faith, or else we can never trust the action of our words!” — Leslie Austin Copy Share Image
