“I had found by experience that putting things down on paper helped to clear the mind in precisely the same way, as… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“Coffee, my delight of the morning; yoga, my delight of the noon. Then before nightfall, I run along the pleasant paths of… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
To me everyone goes through that at some point in adolescence, you know. There's - you meet someone when you're a young… — Don Hertzfeldt Copy Share Image
“Rather than feeling that every moment you’ve got to exert this enormous control, you can take the attitude that your job as… — Stuart Dybek Copy Share Image
“Sometimes writing is just rubbing words together long enough to make a fire.” — Gillian Marchenko Copy Share Image
“Style is not how you write. It is how you do not write like anyone else. * * * How do you… — Charles Ghigna Copy Share Image
What's so exciting and terrifying about the writing process is that it really is an act of exploration and discovery. With all… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
The interesting part about the writing process is that you can never see all the way to the end, not if something… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
“I've discovered that sometimes writing badly can eventually lead to something better. Not writing at all leads to nothing.” — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I wasn't letting people in with the music writing process, and for a long time, I thought I was hard to work… — Tobias Forge Copy Share Image
“I prefer to be on the side of losers, the misunderstood or lonely people rather than writing about the strong and powerful.” — Núria Añó Copy Share Image
“All experiences change us and personal writing is one of the most powerful agencies of change. The person who wrote these personal… — Kilroy J. Oldster 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
When the stories come easily and the writing process doesn't feel laboring, that's usually a good sign for me. — David E. Kelley Copy Share Image
Wherever inspiration comes from, it's like I'll hear a melody and chords, almost a rough structure of the whole thing [song]. I'll… — Chris Wyse Copy Share Image
“Language is our identity tool and by using experience, observation, and imagination, we each discover the words that give voice to our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Writing is like gardening. Planting, watering, and weeding are not enough. You have to prune if you want growth.” — Ron Brackin Copy Share Image
“I long for some connection, to the real and those who love them, and hope that my fiction can reach beyond the… — Shannon Celebi Copy Share Image
“Kalo nggak nulis, ya baca. Kalo nggak baca, ya nonton film saja lah.” — Sylvia L'Namira Copy Share Image
“For many writers the goal is a thousand words a day. For me, just give me one thought, and the words will… — Garry Fitchett Copy Share Image
“Collaborating on a film script involves two people sitting in a room separated by the silence of two minds working together.” — Darlene Craviotto Copy Share Image
“In a suspended psychic state, writers cull words and symbols from the mystical world of memory, imagination, and intuition.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“People should know better than to be an ass in front of writers. We immortalize things. Lots of things. And we take… — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think that creativity is a matter of seeing, or stumbling over, unobvious similarities between things—like composing a fresh metaphor, but… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
