There is no passion that is not finely expressed in those parts of the inspired writings which are proper for divine songs… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy… — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
I started writing this feature comedy in New York - a Chris Farley vehicle. The script was decent. When I got to… — David Steinberg Copy Share Image
Writing in a lot of ways feels more like excavation than construction. It feels like you're uncovering this thing bit by bit,… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
“Writing is enormously satisfying, a little difficult at times, but rewarding, especially when someone really loves the book - that is the… — A.H. Richardson Copy Share Image
What distinguishes Cambridge from Oxford, broadly speaking, is that nobody who has been to Cambridge feels impelled to write about it. — A. A. Milne Copy Share Image
With writing, there are multiple drafts. On stage, there is one take. I do a lot of preparation for shows, so, for… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
People make interesting assumptions about the profession. The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I feel as though there are things that I'm trying to do - you know, capturing truthfully some aspect of human experience… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
Sometimes strange and wonderful things will pop into my head. And sometimes I will see something in the world that is the… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Another writer might question whether you're feeling competitive. But if I talk to Jonah, I know that he truly values my success… — Lisa Joy Copy Share Image
If what you're writing is genuine, regardless of whether it sounds cliche or people wouldn't necessarily think it's the most brilliant metaphor… — Andy Biersack Copy Share Image
Somethings get easier. You get more confident in your abilities and you learn what kind of stories sell and what don't. But… — Lori Wilde Copy Share Image
I'll probably never produce a masterpiece, but so what? I feel I have a Sound aborning, which is my own, and that… — Lester Bangs Copy Share Image
I had started writing as a poet in a closed, post-Revival, claustrophobic world, where the shadows of the national upheaval and the… — Eavan Boland Copy Share Image
When people write lies about you, and you know that they are lies, that means that they don't know the truth, so… — Eva Mendes Copy Share Image
I didn't do a masters in creative writing until I was 26, which is quite old, and then I found myself in… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
If there is good to be said, the writer should say it. If there is bad to be said, he should say… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
As a songwriter I take a lot of pride in my writing, and 'Things a Man Oughta Know' won ACM Song of… — Lainey Wilson Copy Share Image
The life of a writer is tragic: the more we advance, the farther there is to go and the more there is… — Gabrielle Roy Copy Share Image
I'll sit for a couple of hours and write and do rewrites, and then I'll read and then I have a little… — Jacob Elordi Copy Share Image
Write a nonfiction book, and be prepared for the legion of readers who are going to doubt your fact. But write a… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“I do no damage. This is damage, this.” He picked up a paper from Camille’s desk. “I can’t read your writing, but… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
When you finish for the day, write a note reminding yourself of what you plan to do next. This helps you to… — Nita Leland Copy Share Image
If you have too good a time writing hostile reviews, you'll injure not only your sensibility but your soul. — David Lehman Copy Share Image
It can be hard to write a skillfully entertaining fiction, but a great book wants to be more, and wants more from… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
When Shonda Rhimes writes her autobiography, it should be called How to Get Away With Being an Angry Black Woman. — Alessandra Stanley Copy Share Image
Talent, and genius as well, is like a grain of pearl sand shifting about in the creative mind. A valued tormentor. — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
I think I sing a few songs, and I sing them well, and one of them is the mob genre, you know,… — Terence Winter Copy Share Image
I don't like to write from a flat, cold position. You must like what you're doing very much or like the people… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Steve Martin is such an exquisite and precise writer. Everything is so clear; it's like a bell. He says what he means… — Jason Schwartzman Copy Share Image
Art is the provocation for talking about enigma and the search for sense in human life. One can do that by telling… — John Berger Copy Share Image
It's definitely true that there are a lot of the devices we used on 'Star Trek,' that came out the imagination of… — LeVar Burton Copy Share Image
“Writers are not here to conform. We are here to challenge. We're not here to be comfortable—we're here, really, to shake things… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
A person's tragedy does not make up their entire life. A story carves deep grooves into our brains each time we tell… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Write on my gravestone: 'Infidel, Traitor.', infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses the people. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
Getting away from being 'a good girl' is important because it's impossible to be a 'good girl' and a writer at the… — Lynne Sharon Schwartz Copy Share Image
I know that I'm a real writer because sometimes I write a story just because I want to; not because someone's told… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
I feel that my life and therefore my writing accept the possibility of all the mystery. Everything we don't know; everything that… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
To me some of the greatest writing is when somebody puts something in words that you felt and experienced and you go,… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
