“Can I possibly be a good writer if I'm not healed form the story I'm telling? Will I be able to go… — Lori Lesko Copy Share Image
“When we knowingly write in ways that we would not want others to write to us, we abrade the trust that sustains… — Joseph M. Williams Copy Share Image
My father was a writer; I've known a lot of children of writers - daughters and sons of writers, and it can… — Caitlin Flanagan Copy Share Image
Writing about the future and the past is less a way of dramatizing change than of showing, by way of contrast, what… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
My mom and my sisters were amazing; they always see the good in people. My mom, she doesn't know how to write… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Writing fiction, especially a long work of fiction can be difficult, lonely job; it’s like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bathtub.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Once there are more African Americans and Asian Americans behind the scenes as producers, writers, and directors, I think more inclusive casting… — Nicole Ari Parker Copy Share Image
Writers who get written about become self-conscious. They develop a regrettable habit of looking at themselves through the eyes of other people.… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
As I search the archives of my memory I seem to discern six types or methods [of judicial writing] which divide themselves… — Benjamin Cardozo Copy Share Image
For thousands of years, poetry has been picturing love as a mysterious and tragic power. But when anyone says the same thing… — Ellen Key Copy Share Image
With the Holocaust - I wonder if a lot of Jewish writers of my generation have felt this way - it feels… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
One of the great pleasures in writing 'The Dream Lover' was learning about some of the real people who populated George Sand's… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
So, it becomes an exercise in futility if you write something that does not express the film as the director wishes. It's… — Danny Elfman Copy Share Image
Literature duplicates the experience of living in a way that nothing else can, drawing you so fully into another life that you… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
When someone writes a book review, they obviously already self-identify as a writer. I mean, they are. They're writers, they're critics, and… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I remember writing standup jokes without having done sets. But as soon as I did my first set, it didn't matter. Everything… — John Mulaney Copy Share Image
Take painsto write a neat round, plain hand, and you will find it a great convenience through life to write a small… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“I wasn’t writing because I was reading,” Leonard says of those years, “and I was reading very closely—and deciding most people use… — Charles J. Rzepka Copy Share Image
Some of you been trying to write rhymes for years, But weak ideas irritate my ears. Is this the best that you… — Rakim Copy Share Image
We didn't say good bye. But we knew it would be the end if we were apart. There was no reason to… — Ai Yazawa Copy Share Image
The subjects I wanted to write about - the mystery of the human soul, evil - didn't interest newspapers, and news reporting… — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing. — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
A blend of fact and fiction has been used in various forms since the dawn of creative writing, starting with sagas and… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
My overnight success was really 15 years in the making. I'd been writing songs since I was 6 and playing in bands… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
I experienced a lot while I was away from the industry. From being on Broadway to learning more about myself. Those are… — Tevin Campbell Copy Share Image
A friend of mine encouraged me to try rapping, so I started experimenting with it, writing verses, seeing if I could fit… — K. Flay Copy Share Image
I wish I could write a beautiful book to break those hearts that are soon to cease to exist: a book of… — Zelda Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
The four rules of writing... 1. Write to discover. 2. There is no greater discovery than love. 3. All love comes from… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
One of the wonderful things about being a writer is that you're constantly dredging up some arcane knowledge or long-forgotten experience, rediscovering… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
If someone writes a nice review of my record, I feel like I should take them out to dinner or go over… — Moby Copy Share Image
“ Your favorite occupation? Travel in contested territory. Hard-working writing and reading when safely home, in the knowledge that an amusing friend… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I don't really think our government at heart wants peace. So I urge you, write to Mrs. Laura Bush, because she reads. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I'm always writing new songs and doing them live, and I may do it for a week or two, and then never… — Bob Schneider Copy Share Image
When we read our own writing, we all think it clearly expresses what we mean, because when we read it, we are… — Joseph Williams Copy Share Image
You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Not only Freud but artists and writers were also interested in the unconscious. It was medicine that made the first steps toward… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
I know. I'm lazy. But I made myself a New Years resolution that I would write myself something really special. Which means… — Catherine O'Hara Copy Share Image
It is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our writers are forever looking back with love and nostalgia at lives… — Anatole Broyard Copy Share Image
“Each thing you add to your story is a drop of paint falling into clear water; it spreads through and colors everything.” — Lisa Cron Copy Share Image