“When a solid first draft of an original tale is complete...you feel as if you could do anything.” — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
“I don’t shy from writing about incredibly unpleasant, distressing things. And I get a kick out of it I confess. I like… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
All of my scripts are based on other people's novels. Generally, I consider myself as one who writes for theatre. I do… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Writing is a process of discovering. I could never outline a narrative; that just sounds boring. There's no joy of discovery in… — Bob Shacochis Copy Share Image
A huge part of my writing process is listening to music as I write, almost creating an unofficial soundtrack to the film… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
“She was almost felled to the ground by the extraordinary sight which now met her eyes. There was the garden and some… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“I read the novel I had been writing for several months with an odd sense that it was the work of a… — Chloe Thurlow Copy Share Image
“Though I didn’t start out plotting a life for Meg, it happened as the writing and the storylines unfolded, much like life… — R.J. Harlick Copy Share Image
I think it starts to feel really redundant when you start to do something the same way over and over again. I… — Brie Larson Copy Share Image
“Sometimes when I prepare to write, I feel the same sensation wash over me as if my toes were curling over the… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Usually I start with a beat, I start making a beat, and my producer side is making the beat. And on a… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
“In this book, much is metaphorical, not as it seems. It’s written for writing’s sake, as if I were to say, “Let… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
The thing is that I don't normally think in terms of manga when I'm writing. Sounds odd from someone who has is… — Sean Michael Wilson Copy Share Image
“An opportunity lost may have motivated us to find a satisfying alternative. Adversity or suffering may have taught us certain important skills.… — Nan Merrick Phifer Copy Share Image
My neck is too arthritic to snap around. The big shift in my perspective that happened in the writing process, however, was… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
My writing process often begins with a question. I write down ideas and let them stew for about a year. Then, when… — Cynthia Voigt Copy Share Image
“I argue here and throughout this book that if we engage students in real writing tasks and we use technology in such… — Troy Hicks Copy Share Image
I try to listen to a lot of music when I'm in the mixing process of a record, when I'm in post-production… — Jay Reatard Copy Share Image
I really enjoy the writing process because I can do it from my house. I can create these characters and take them… — Ricky Schroder Copy Share Image
I try and absorb all the things that I respect in the artist's I've worked with.When we work with someone on, Live… — Eliot Lewis Copy Share Image
I like the story writing process. I usually use someone who has been trained for structure to take the story that I… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
Of course having a baby derails the writing process for some time. And I will be the first to say that I… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
Writing is indeed essential to me. I have been writing for a long time but not for publication. I'm sure there are… — Zia Haider Rahman 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
“Storytelling creates a healing serum. The thematic unguent of our personal story represents a fusion of the ineffable truths that each of… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Maybe that's when bad scripts are written, when you choose the theme first. I consider that I've something to say when I've… — Russell T Davies Copy Share Image
“The Page awaits the Inspiration even as Inspiration roams the world of man, seeking a Page upon which to unfurl itself, body… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
If there was anything that I learned with my own writing process, maybe there's too many choices what to write about. Just… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
“It wasn't by accident that the Gettysburg adress was so short. The laws of prose writing are immutable as those of flight,… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
The writing process, the way I go about it is I do whatever the beat feels like, whatever the beat is telling… — Eminem Copy Share Image
I don't know that it's particularly good for my writing process, but I have gotten some very valuable writing ideas and advice… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
Through writing, through that process, they realize that they become more intelligent, and more honest and more imaginative than they can be… — Russell Banks Copy Share Image
“Well, I like him. There’s a darkness to him. But does he make it all the way through?” She shrugged. “It’s entirely… — Nancy Holder Copy Share Image
Since signing with Universal, I have been working closely with Gary Ross, the director, producer and screenwriter. We have spent many hours… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image