I don't really like questions about the writing process, because the truth is I don't know how I write. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I start casting early in the writing process, so I can tailor the script to the gifts of the actors. — Judd Apatow 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
“Do not worry about what words to use. Worry about why this story needs to be told and the rest will take… — Moira Katson Copy Share Image
“academic writing is a process of making intelligent choices, not of following rigid rules.” — Helen Sword Copy Share Image
“I can't wait to get back to writing today so I can see what happens next Kim Cormack” — Kim Cormack Copy Share Image
It does feel great to be writing, but the process is sometimes excruciating. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
“On the worst day of writing, the work is instructive. On the best day, the act is transcendent.” — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
The process of writing is a process of learning; and much has become clearer to me in the attempt to transform my… — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
I try to not be self-conscious in my writing process. I think it's important to just be in your subconscious mind -… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
You want the character to keep being able to grow through the process of writing, through the process of filming, and editing,… — Anna Boden 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
My writing process is very feedback-based. When I do stand-up, I listen to the audience. I try to understand what's connecting, what's… — Mike Birbiglia 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
“To air one's views gratuitously, however, is to imply that the demand for them is brisk, which may not be the case,… — Strunk Jr., William Copy Share Image
Reading the final copy of my book was like walking down memory lane all over again. Sure, the writing process was emotional,… — Gigi Gorgeous Copy Share Image
“The writer,' said Donald Barthelme, 'is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do.' In this mode of… — George Saunders 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
“Writers’ never-ending quest involves investigating genuineness while carving out narrative nonfiction. They must strive to reach great truths by recounting untold lies… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“I hope I don't write TOO many books! When I look at authors who have written too many books, I wonder to… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Susan Griffin describes it as a time when "there is no intrinsic authority to my words." "I...clean off my desk. I make… — Judith Barrington Copy Share Image
“I like to skip prewriting. I love just jumping into the actual writing process. Then I revise/edit and fix what I need… — Nina Jean Slack Copy Share Image
My books are based on the "what if" principle. "What if you became invisible?" or "What if you did change into your… — Mary Rodgers Copy Share Image
“A writer’s voice emanates from their interest and compulsions that absorbs them completely. Only by fully committing himself or herself to a… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
For me, writing is more a process of discovering the book than planning it. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
I don't see myself directing things I don't write because, to me, directing was just an extension of the writing process. — Danny Strong Copy Share Image
“If a plot is a novel's skeleton, and characters are the muscle, then theme is its soul.” — Janice Hardy Copy Share Image
“Life baffles me most days. Maybe that's why I write. To try and make sense of it all.” — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
“The ending to your book is different from the ending to your plot.” — Jennifer Probst Copy Share Image
“I have often believed the pen to be a needle, and ink to be a thread. Each story is an intricately woven… — Shaun Hick Copy Share Image
The changes are part of my writing process. When I write, I imagine scenes. I write things down. I take photographs. I… — Pawel Pawlikowski Copy Share Image
I was in the middle of filming Season 3 of 'Grace and Frankie.' Then the writing process for 'Mystery Science Theater 3000'… — Baron Vaughn Copy Share Image
Sometimes you're writing a song and you have an image whilst writing a song. I don't think you ever base a songwriting… — Luke Hemmings Copy Share Image
“I am a creator, writing like the wind, I carry the weight of a future world in the barrel of a pen,… — L.M. Fields Copy Share Image
I think my writing process changes as I gain more life experience... It has taken me many years to be able to… — Kathleen Winter Copy Share Image
“You can edit what you write. Why not edit what you say? If it hurts somebody, you can still offer an apology… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
The writing process is very much like being in a dark tunnel, and you don't really know what you will end up… — Emily Haines Copy Share Image
There is a fine line I have to walk throughout the writing process in a novel. It is this line between drama… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“The skill of writing needs much patience, practicing, and time. There is no good writing from a quick effort, or a confused… — Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi Copy Share Image
“The Throes of Poetry - Hymns formed from groans of acquaintance, its rhythm weaving between tranquility, compassions, and peril - like bare… — Traci Lea LaRussa Copy Share Image
