In prose, I think you sometimes have to write in very plain language, where every line may not seem to be so… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
I think good art should always be entertaining, or at least give pleasure of some sort. And my chief goal as a… — Kenneth Oppel Copy Share Image
You write in order to change the world ... if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
To me, the solidarity of readers is far more important than the solidarity of writers, particularly since readers in fact find ways… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
What good is a writer if he can't destroy literature? And us... what good are we if we don't help as much… — Julio Cortazar Copy Share Image
If a reader comes across a story that makes them cry, you can be sure that the writer felt every single thing… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I think about the sincerity of my writing. I try to be true, to pose questions. Shake people up a bit and… — Philippe Claudel Copy Share Image
Just as long as newspapers and magazines are controlled by men, every woman upon them must write articles which are reflections of… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
The reader's ear must adjust down from loud life to the subtle, imaginary sounds of the written word. An ordinary reader picking… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
When you're a storyteller, part of the process of storytelling is the kind of communion you form with the audience to whom… — Carlton Cuse Copy Share Image
I really think more fledgling novelists - and many current and even established novelists - should get out into the real world… — C. J. Box Copy Share Image
The words, "I have a dog named Winn-Dixie," popped into my head in the voice of a small girl with a southern… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
One thing, when you're an actor, you finish something and then you have to worry about what the next gig is. When… — Chris Isaak Copy Share Image
I don't know why, but I always feel a kind of necessity to write things that are beyond acceptance, that are too… — Terry Southern Copy Share Image
I actually think there are more Republicans than people realize who would be sympathetic to immigration reform in the rank and file.… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share Image
Everyone writes in whatever way feels comfortable to them. People write songs because maybe they don't feel so comfortable talking about whatever… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
Railing in other men may be a crime, But ought to pass for mere instinct in him: Instinct he follows and no… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
I actually didn't believe the producers when they said, 'Joy, we're writing a movie about your life'. I was like, 'Oh, OK,… — Joy Mangano Copy Share Image
I think television keeps on being a place where writers can go, and if they're successful, they can have their way, and… — James L. Brooks Copy Share Image
I don't really do much social media. I just don't like it that much. I've trained myself to write very slowly for… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
For me, the more I live, the more I need to write. The more I push myself to really live and really… — Damien Rice Copy Share Image
I'm a family-based person, even though we didn't exactly have a very happy family. I was never in any doubt that this… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
I always have to have what I believe are the pillars of an album - songs which I can go back to… — Chris de Burgh Copy Share Image
I have the power to write these books where I invent characters that I really like, and it gets to come out… — Ruth Glick Copy Share Image
There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you. — Beatrix Potter Copy Share Image
My songs aren't built around choruses or hooks or anything like that. That's kind of how I write screenplays too. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Get yourself a notebook and write in it EVERY night for two weeks. Then stop if you can. If you can't, you're… — Charles Ghigna Copy Share Image
Writing is really freeing because it's the only part of the process where it's just you and the characters and you are… — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
Publishing is the final step in making a book; if I was afraid to publish one, I wouldn't write it in the… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“The financial value put on the job of the writer and the misconceptions around that make it extremely difficult to enter the… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I like to write lyrics when I feel it, and because of that, I like to keep a log of lyrics all… — Alissa White-Gluz Copy Share Image
When I was a young writer if you went to a party and told somebody you were a science-fiction writer you would… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
That's why I love being a writer. My imagination can take me places I may never see except in my mind's eye. — Pearl Cleage Copy Share Image
I write plays and poetry at the same time, and I'm always refining, but I'm not obsessive about it. It's what I… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
When I finally write the first sentence, I want to know everything that happens, so that I am not inventing the story… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Once I started writing, I realized just how much I really enjoyed it. I was kinda good at it, so I kept… — Prodigy Copy Share Image
My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
TRIGGER CITY secures Sean Chercover's place as one of the best crime writers of his generation. It grabs you hard on the… — Tasha Alexander Copy Share Image
Writing at the 'American Spectator' in the 1990s, we threw everything we thought would stick at President Clinton. — David Brock Copy Share Image
