“I believe that art is the highest expression of the human spirit. ~ I believe that we yearn to transcend the merely… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
The first splurge of creativity is kind of free, and the last 30 percent is painstakingly hard work, but it's good to… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
“Indentations on the page, words, my friends, and I will share them with you.” — Victoria Sawyer Copy Share Image
And I've always loved commercials. I like working out how to organically weave a brand's message into the writing process. It's like… — Jason Bateman 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
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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
“For many writers the goal is a 1,000 words a day. For me - just give me one thought, and the words… — Garry Fitchett Copy Share Image
“Writing is the dragon that lives underneath my floorboards. The one I incessantly feed for fear it may turn and devour my… — Quentin R. Bufogle Copy Share Image
“Human beings innate complexities resist reduction into simple sentences and neat paragraphs. The stories that come nearest to expressing the ambivalent nature… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Every writer or wanna-be writer has ideas for books. The problem isn't finding an idea, it's choosing one” — Jo Linsdell Copy Share Image
“He cut away the insignificant and incidental. Those bits were tossed away from the juicy core pieces. He slid the excess tissue… — Jeffry R. Halverson Copy Share Image
“Writing became such a process of discovery that I couldn't wait to get to work in the morning: I wanted to know… — Sharon O'Brien Copy Share Image
“...if you always move in certainty, your writing will be flat - creativity is a rugged terrain...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“The process of self-invention is never-ending; writer, like children, are always growing into their gifts. (Susan Larson in a "Times-Picayune" book review.” — Susan Larson Copy Share Image
“Deadlines help me, but my muse hates them. My muse functions in fits and starts, and tends to take very long vacations.… — Alistair Cross Copy Share Image
“...the secret to writing is to get your own pain - shout it out till it hurts your throat - weep it… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“Novels were not arguments; a story worked, or it didn't, on its own merits. What did it matter if a detail was… — John Irving Copy Share Image
My writings are an exploration, and I think a lot of writers would tell you this, but in writing, you're not simply… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“Have you ever pondered the miracle of popcorn? It starts out as a tiny, little, compact kernel with magic trapped inside that… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Oh God, for a few who will love me in tiny ways every single day of my flashing existence. For a mere… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“And yet, for a writer of fiction, part of the heart remains that of a stranger, for what we are trying to… — Margaret Laurence Copy Share Image
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