I see a skill developing of writing about not just feelings that I'm feeling, but things that I deeply care about as… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
Writers are interested in a diverse range of subjects, but prefer to move from field to field to satisfy intellectual curiosity, rather… — Robert W. Bly Copy Share Image
Different authors write different ways, have different relationships with their audiences, and those are all legitimate. — John Green Copy Share Image
All writers have a love-hate relationship with writing. Performing is fun, too, but I wouldn't say it's my favorite. But the most… — Larry Wilmore Copy Share Image
One area I have a huge amount of trouble in is writing about myself. I get a heavy, almost depressed feeling. — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
I had to learn compassion. Had to learn what it felt like to hate, and to forgive and to love and be… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
The more you write tunes, the better they will become. The more you do gigs, the better you will become. — Ed Sheeran Copy Share Image
I started writing diaries, and mine were horrible. Oh, the monotony. Oh, the angst. I said, 'I don't want anyone to find… — Charlotte Rampling Copy Share Image
The advantage of writing from experience is that it often provides you with details that you would never think of yourself, no… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
I think that the joy of writing a novel is the self-exploratio n that emerges and also that wonderful feeling of playing… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
I no longer know the author of this book, for simply stopping long enough and writing it down was where I changed… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I find that one of the most important things, as a writer, is to just show up - to just stay in… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
Every credible scientist on earth says your products harm the environment. I recommend paying weasels to write articles casting doubt on the… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
I dont watch a whole lot of stand up. Mainly I prefer to read writers; they make me laugh the most. Something… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
Almost all great writers have as their motif, more or less disguised, the passage from childhood to maturity, the clash between the… — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
In the end, of course, all novelists will be judged by their novels, but let's not forget that we will also need… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
I had the offer to write books plenty of times during the early stage of my career, and I always kind of… — Tim Howard Copy Share Image
I write a little bit about what it's like to be a female boss in my book [ Is Everyone Hanging Out… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
The way I sometimes approach my work, when I look at a script for the first time, is to identify what the… — Sarah Gadon Copy Share Image
Writing itself is a bad enough trade, rightly held up to ridicule and contempt by the greater part of mankind, and especially… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
“I tended to do anything as long as it felt like an adventure, and to stop when it felt like work. Which… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
It is remarkable that in all of his writings Paul's prayers for his friends contain no appeals for changes in their circumstances. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I work full-time in a used bookstore. I get up. I drink a cup of coffee. I think, The last thing I… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare. — Michael Moriarty Copy Share Image
Writing has made me rich-not in money but in a couple hundred characters out there, whose pursuits and anguish and triumphs I've… — Wright Morris Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what I was most surprised to discover about my writing process, and that is that I never know what… — Sharon Cameron Copy Share Image
The problem as you get older is, from my perspective, after a certain amount of songs, you tend to start writing something… — Robert Smith Copy Share Image
People never know what to do with women who write, especially about lust, in a way that isn't sanitised and held back. — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
No matter that I have inhibitions enough to fill all my pockets; I keep trying , hoping that one day I'll write… — Sarah Copy Share Image
If you're trying to be a successful writer, and you go into a second-hand bookshop, it's the graveyard of people whose books… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I think it's good when people don't write good things about your work. I mean, what a great compliment it is to… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
There is nothing wrong with a writer who has a distinct style in book after book, but I am not interested in… — Jay Neugeboren Copy Share Image
The qualities of a second-rate writer can easily be defined, but a first-rate writer can only be experienced. It is just the… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
I've kept journals at many times in my life starting from when I was about 13 or 14. But it's boring and… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
I often say that I want to write like Tupac rapped. I could listen to his album, and within a few minutes,… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
I tried writing out a plot with the second or third novel I wrote, and it was so boring, so desperately boring. — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“If the ink of my writing morphed into ants, would they march along with my thoughts? Would they find my work as… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
An old racetrack joke reminds you that your program contains all the winners' names. I stare at my typewriter keys with the… — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I often write two books simultaneously. Usually one of them starts out as a fun experiment designed to give me a daily… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image