I wanted to write the most beautiful poem but that is impossible; the world has written its own. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Beware the fictionist writing his own life. Even candor becomes a strategy. — Wilfrid Sheed Copy Share Image
One writes to memorialize, and to bring to life again that which has been lost. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I usually dread writing non-fiction. I don't feel comfortable or confident writing essays and the like. — Paul G. Tremblay Copy Share Image
Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
I can remember no time when I did not understand that my mother must write books because people would have and read… — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a director and producer and writer, but in the early '40's the union wouldn't let you get through… — Larry Buchanan Copy Share Image
I could never really decide what I wanted to be when I grew up, and for a while, I thought that maybe… — Christina Tosi Copy Share Image
The best tip for writing is just to write; to sit down and write, to begin doing it and not to be… — David Almond Copy Share Image
In writing for movies, you obviously want to resolve things and have a sense of completion at the end - in an… — Mitch Glazer Copy Share Image
Screenplays I didn't really care about, journalism, travel books, getting my writer friends to write about their dreams or something. I just… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be a fashion writer but didn't want to contribute to the over-saturated market unless I could contribute… — Leandra Medine Copy Share Image
My first book deal was for two Mark Genevich novels. I hadn't planned on writing a second Genevich novel, but I was… — Paul G. Tremblay Copy Share Image
If you look at the best-seller list, it is mostly thrillers. Very few books attempt to create an image of the life… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Exclamation points are the most irritating of all. Look! they say, look at what I just said! How amazing is my thought!… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
remember a feeling of excitement, of sudden inspiration, when I was visiting Giovanni Boccaccio's home in the walled village of Certaldo, outside… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
To my friends and people I care about, I'm a really nice guy. No one wants to read a story where I… — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
In terms of writing, I think something happens to you, and you think, "Oh I'm going to write about that. That's an… — David Gray Copy Share Image
And the nice thing about writing a novel is you take your time, you sit with the character sometimes nine years, you… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I was not especially enthusiastic about opera when I was young, and I thought I would never write one. I felt it… — Kaija Saariaho Copy Share Image
“Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art you must master the craft. If you… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
