In 2011, I announced that I was going to retire, and my agent panicked. So she says: No, no, no. You have… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Whether I'm writing about plumbers or psychics or psychic plumbers, I want to find a creative space that imprisons me usefully, so… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
People once said they were "in" psychoanalysis, meaning they were committed to a long immersion. In a sense, they were writing their… — R Z Sheppard Copy Share Image
The stories are being written by men, and it's men who are directing it. As long as that continues, you won't be… — Suhasini Maniratnam Copy Share Image
“A writer should be able to open a window or two and prompt others to see the world and themselves in a… — Barista Uno Copy Share Image
“…After all, it isn't really difficult to write books. Especially if you either write a rotten story in good English or a… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“As Jane Austen once wrote in her diary, "I am not at all in a humor for writing; I must write on… — Jim Denney Copy Share Image
I didn't have to keep a bloody journal. It's terribly boring keeping a journal anyway. I hate it. You spend more time… — Christopher Plummer Copy Share Image
I have come from France more firmly convinced than ever that Negros should write Negro music. We have our own racial feeling… — James Reese Europe Copy Share Image
I go to movies expecting to have a whole experience. If I want a movie that doesn't end I'll go to a… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I like using concrete imagery, but I don't feel that's what it's about. It's a combination of concrete and abstract to take… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I wrote the poems in Charms Against Lightning one by one, over almost a decade, and I did not write them toward… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
“ When I started writing Forest Life, I was suicidal and drunk because I had lost someone I love to a tragedy.… — Shane Crash Copy Share Image
How it's Done is a richly woven tale of a young woman who discovers what it really means to be an adult.… — Han Nolan Copy Share Image
I clearly remember writing songs [when I was young] and the power that it gave me of feeling like somebody. My whole… — Gwen Stefani Copy Share Image
“The fun of talk is to explore, but much of it and all that is irresponsible should not be written. Once written… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I'd always loved to read - and come from a family of readers - but I never thought about writing as a… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“I write poems to save myself, to preserve in ink memories of me long after my soul has dissolved and my bones… — Ayokunle Falomo Copy Share Image
“Writers help summon people to a vision of human betterment...They create an awareness not just to things as they are, but as… — Lilian Gafni Copy Share Image
When people ask what I write about, that's what I tell them: 'The drama of human relationships.' I'm not even close to… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
And if there was something, suppose I wanted to write something really damning or embarrassing about one of the owners, that would… — Gregg Easterbrook Copy Share Image
“Your first draft is a petulant teenager, sure it knows best, adamant that its Mother is wrong. Your third draft has emerged… — Angeline Trevena Copy Share Image
When the 'Guardian' is commissioning writers to write obituary pieces about you and your career... it doesn't get much nastier than that.… — James Corden Copy Share Image
You do have all five sense when you're in a room together. You communicate and understand each other in a much deeper… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
The complexity of economics can be calculated mathematically. Write out the algebraic equation that is the human heart and multiply each unknown… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I try to only work on the screenplays for a few hours a day when I'm in my most voluble mood, just… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I think the greatest reward you get as a writer is finding that people who are reasonably receptive and intelligent have liked… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
Every now and then I'll get seduced by the idea of money, and I'll take a stab at that...and I fall flat… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
I couldn't write a political song. There's just opinion; it's all arbitrary anyway. It's all subjective. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Writing is a solitary occupation, and one of its hazards is loneliness. But an advantage of loneliness is privacy, autonomy and freedom. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“You’re a loner in body, mind, and soul. A writer who spends a day of solitude in the office is plagued by… — Bruce Obee Copy Share Image
I write novels about women, except for one: 'Rococo', about a man, a New Jersey decorator. But even that book had a… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
The only other thing which I think is important is: Don't write a book or start a book with the expectation of… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
All of a sudden there's a song - there in your hotel room playing your guitar - and you write it, and… — Townes Van Zandt Copy Share Image
I learned early on that if you don't want your memos to get you in trouble someday, just don't write any. — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
Anybody that forms a group, writes songs and releases records and says they don't care if people like them are complete liars. — James Dean Bradfield Copy Share Image
So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it's one of the most exciting… — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
“How is your book doing?" or "How many copies have you sold?" are the questions for a salesman. To a writer, you… — Shubham Choudhary Copy Share Image
Indeed, the great paradox of the writer's life is how much time he spends alone trying to connect with other people. — Betsy Lerner Copy Share Image
Anyway, in my writing I've always been interested in finding places to stand, and I've found it very useful to have a… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
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