Seneca devoted much of his time to writing essays in praise of poverty, and in lending money at usurious rates. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
There are men that will make you books, and turn them loose into the world, with as much dispatch as they would… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Well, I started writing songs about three years ago when I learned to play the guitar, but I've been singing since I… — Colbie Caillat Copy Share Image
Worry destroys the ability to write. Ill health is bad in the ratio that it produces worry which attacks your subconscious and… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Writing a book makes you an expert in the field. At the very least, when you hand someone a book you wrote,… — James Altucher Copy Share Image
One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I still get enormous pleasure and a sense of fulfillment out of writing a book that I'm proud of. I see myself… — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
I have Graham Greene's telephone number, but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't seek out writers because we all want… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
As a producer, I really get to tell stories that I care about in a way that I want to. I get… — Elizabeth Banks Copy Share Image
I absolutely love writing. As a kid I won spelling bees, but I am really good with grammar. I'm the kind of… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
I write to invite the voices in, to watch the angel wrestle, to feel the devil gather on its haunches and rise.… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
Nobody knows what will work until they try it. Some of comics' biggest success stories in recent years have explored subjects that… — Scott McCloud Copy Share Image
When I admire a writer, it's for the recognizable palette - Hemingway's minimalism, the dialogue, those isolated bar scenes. But with each… — Jill Talbot Copy Share Image
I want my books to exist in the literary world, not only in the art world. I am interested in having a… — Jill Magid Copy Share Image
“It would have been better to do what everyone else does, neither taking life too seriously nor seeing it as merely grotesque,… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
Write and create as much as you can, because if you're sitting around waiting for someone to give you a well-round, interesting,… — Annie Murphy Copy Share Image
There's something so wonderful about writing in rhyme where it isn't just the meaning of the words, it's the music to the… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
Filmmaking in general is my second career. I thought that writing wasn't practical, so I went to business school and got an… — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
I think there's something about a writer's disposition, that is, even if unaware, always slightly in a witness state. — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing. — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
The writing became a hobby in the background: it took a back seat to parenthood and being a person and being a… — Dolores O'Riordan Copy Share Image
The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Many Southern writers must have learned the art of storytelling from listening to oral tales. I did. It gave me the knowledge… — Erskine Caldwell Copy Share Image
I'm not really a 'puppet' person in particular; I think they are very theatrical, and I've found different uses for them in… — Robert Lopez Copy Share Image
When I first began to write fiction, I didn't think I was a comic writer; I thought I was a serious writer.… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
All writers have periods when they stop writing, when they cannot write, and this is always painful and terrible because writing is… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Many people who want to be writers don't really want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“(On her son) I've met writer's block. He is short, diapered and keeps unplugging my laptop. Good news: he can be conquered… — Cyrese Covelli Copy Share Image
“My youthful dream of becoming a writer has been realized. I am so pleased I did not let my young self down.” — Jack Gantos Copy Share Image
Writing songs is not something I wanted to share with people for a long time. It was precious to me. I didnt… — Ray LaMontagne Copy Share Image
Way back in the '70s, I was approached to talk about the story I'd write for a Spider-Man movie. They also talked… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
My advice is that it's easier to write than direct. If you have an interest in writing, write. You might as well… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food. — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
I really like writing from real-life experiences. Audiences seem to prefer the stuff I couldn't have made up. — Rebel Wilson Copy Share Image
My goal as an actor, as an up-and-coming actor in this business is to stay consistent with the work, you know, and… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
I'm an only child and an American and am wholly in favor of uniqueness of voice in everything, especially music and writing. — Lee Klein Copy Share Image
You can think deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper into a subject, depending on what you are writing about. — Douglas McGrath Copy Share Image
I hear a lot of, 'I'm a writer because of you.' It's not a bad feeling, but it sneaks up on you.… — Frank Peretti Copy Share Image
The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
