“To be a great writer, you must be nomadic. I’d recommend the hunter/gatherer lifestyle for anybody serious about being nonsensical.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I am not a great planner, so I have just a vague idea. And then I start to find out what kind… — Herman Koch Copy Share Image
One of the things a writer is for is to say the unsayable, speak the unspeakable and ask difficult questions. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“I know that I can write, a couple of my stories are good, my descriptions of the 'Secret Annex' are humorous, there's… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
Too many historical writers are the votaries of cults, which, by definition are dedicated to whitewashing warts and hanging halos. — Thomas A. Bailey Copy Share Image
Once you're imagining being the main character, and you're having the conversations and actually being there, the magic in fiction writing takes… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
Nothing to Say, Nothing to Write, Nothing to Send, But I Believe that... You Will Listen ,Read ,n Receive My Feelings in… — Azgraybebly Joslan Copy Share Image
I've been writing about my boyhood, when I was a little kid back on my grandfather's farm where we didn't know about… — Kary Mullis Copy Share Image
“Theme is not imposed on the story but evoke from within it--initally an intuitive but finally an intellectual act on the part… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
I began writing and became attached to writing at an early age. I began by writing poetry and experimenting with dialogues: modest… — Hassan Blasim Copy Share Image
You can, in short, lead the life of the mind, which is, despite some appalling frustrations, the happiest life on earth. And… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
When I start my class I ask the students to write their signatures on pieces of paper and put them on a… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
In order to get inside their skin, I have to identify with them. That includes even the ones who are complete bastards,… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Perhaps I will die too, she told herself, and the thought did not seem so terrible to her. If she flung herself… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There was a seminar for advanced students in Zürich that I was teaching and von Neumann was in the class. I came… — George Polya Copy Share Image
The conventional wisdom is - people say this all the time - you should only write something when you're far enough away… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
Philosophical enlightenment, musical composition, writing and scientific observation keep me sane. - Johnny Luckett — Johnny Luckett Copy Share Image
Whether I'll get the chance to write fiction, I don't know. I could do political conspiracy thrillers, couldn't I? With an investigative… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
Reading makes me want to write my own books, and just trying to understand what I see in the world around me… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
New songs are why artists go on the road. That's why I go on the road. It's a three-prong play. Writing: You're… — Jon Bon Jovi Copy Share Image
“There's nothing more intoxicating than creating something from nothing. Creating something from yourself." Professor Piper” — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
Primitives of our own species, even today are historically shallow in their knowledge of the past. Only the poet who writes speaks… — Loren Eiseley Copy Share Image
I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“With my pen I have engraved warrants of citizenship in the most remote corners, for truly the world has been my home.” — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
Well, I've been a big fan of comic books since I was a little kid. In fact, I used to write and… — Bill Mumy Copy Share Image
Writers want recognition, audience, some corroboration that all those hours at the desk and in daydreams add up to something in the… — Alison Hawthorne Deming Copy Share Image
“I was seeing what a writer can do with the tatters of truth, the unfinished stories that give us no rest. ” — Patricia O'Brien Copy Share Image
So I had a ghostwriter, they call them, or somebody who is an experienced writer, to help. I've got the ideas in… — Bruce Boxleitner Copy Share Image
I sort of just wrote the songs, the way I wanted to write them, sing them the way I wanted to sing… — Johnny Reid Copy Share Image
I'm completely cricketed out. If I never have to write another word about cricket again, I'll be a happy man. — Joseph O'Neill Copy Share Image
I don't know how much a photograph can add to a biography, the way a film or writing or narrative medium could.… — Stephen Shore Copy Share Image
I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
When you write a character and their dialogue, you can't help imagining how you would be acting if you were them. You… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
As a teacher at Princeton, I'm surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my time. And… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Since I've been writing about things my entire life, I thought, 'Well, that's what I would do as a president is to… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Copy Share Image
Writing an adaptation is not so much a collaboration as it is a series of steps. You're basically creating a blueprint for… — Susan Minot Copy Share Image
“The modern cheap and fertile press, with all its translations, has done little to bring us nearer to the heroic writers of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Sticking to my schedule, Ive gotten over seven months ahead, which allowed me to write a Pearls Before Swine movie script for… — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
Often when I write poetry I don't quite know what I'm saying myself. I mean, I can't restate the poem. The meaning… — Pattiann Rogers Copy Share Image
