“When you are writing, you must treat it as the most important thing in the world, even when you know it is… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Writing is a process of discovery of what you really do know. You can't limit yourself in advance to what you know,… — Walter Murch Copy Share Image
“I write to teach myself, explore myself, inspire myself (in which I always fail), analyze myself, clear myself (in how much deep… — Ovais Khalid Copy Share Image
I have a very long pre-writing process where I'm jotting down ideas in a notebook and ripping out relevant newspaper articles -… — Megan McCafferty 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
“But in the wake of 'Bullet,' all the guys wanted to know was, 'How's it doing? How's it selling?' How to tell… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
My dad never really wrote what he thought. None of his inner rage and darkness and problems, which we all have, made… — Giles Coren Copy Share Image
When I am working on an epic-length book, the writing process is fairly long. It takes from four to five years to… — Gunter Grass Copy Share Image
“Autobiographical writing stands as lasting memorial for enduring the travails of an earthly life. Writing is an apt technique to score our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“I write from Spirit. When it’s time for me to write, I have to lose myself in that world - meet my… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“Storytelling gives form to the metal dialogue of the mind and in doing so, reveals our self-fiction. Memory and imagination fills part… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
I think that writing is a process that tells you what you think. You sometimes actually don't know what your opinion is… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
“The gotta, as in: “I think I’ll stay up another fifteen-twenty minutes, honey, I gotta see how this chapter comes out.” Even… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“... The Book is more important than your plans for it. You have to go with what works for The Book ~… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Writing enables a person to build a protective barrier shielding them from an adverse environment, scrutinize their circumstances, and discover how to… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“I think of myth and magic as the hieroglyphics of the human psyche. They are a special language that circumvents conscious thought… — Ripley Patton Copy Share Image
The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which… — Norbet Platt Copy Share Image
You have to relax, write what you write. It sounds easy but it's really, really hard. One of the things it took… — Diane Setterfield 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
When we approach characters, we don't have their full story in mind right off the bat. Through the writing process we raise… — Anna Boden 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
“I think if you want to make a recipe for making a writer, have them feel a little out of place everywhere,… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
Writing a book is as different from digital curation as night and day. Digital curation is a series of split-second decisions: good/no… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
“To become better writers we must become the best thieves and liars in the business. We slink around the pages of everyone… — Chris Stocking 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
“In quickness is truth. The more swiftly you write, the more honest you are. In hesitation is thought. In delay comes the… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
The writing process is not just putting down one page after another-it's a lot of writing and then rewriting, restructuring the story,… — Rebecca Stead Copy Share Image
The writer is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do... Writing is a process of dealing with… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
“Let life be the foundation. Be brave. Wander deep inside yourself to the little room no one knows about. Fling the door… — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid… — Taslima Nasrin 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
“For writers, handing a manuscript off to an editor is like walking into a parole hearing. You’ve done the time but wonder… — Shandy L. Kurth Copy Share Image
“...the answer is not in the damn blank page - it's in the days or years before and you have to dredge… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“I’m sorry if...I get too personal, if I make you uncomfortable, but writing is like one of the seven deadly sins, like… — Shannon Celebi Copy Share Image
“...language always occurs in a context - you can speak Elizabethan words, but to speak the language you have to put on… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“Starting your book is only the first five miles of a twenty-six-mile marathon that’s one-third of a triathlon (authoring, publishing, and entrepreneuring).” — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
“The novella will be called, I think, “The Messiah of Stockholm.” It takes place in Stockholm. I’d better say no more, or… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
What I didn't realize is that the writing process for comedies is that you do your table read, and if you aren't… — David Morse 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 night before a deadline, I usually am in desperate need of a back rub. And new wrists. And candy. And little… — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
