Needless to say, there was no one around remotely fitting the description of a normal person: I was at a writing conference. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
In general, writers who talk to their colleagues and neighbors constantly about their own writing seem to me pretty insufferable. I try… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
It almost seems I was writing two separate books, the first one about the time before I went on the court and… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
My second TV assignment ever was to go to Cambodia to look at the state of the country in the dying days… — Emily Maitlis Copy Share Image
I think many people have wonderful stories inside them and the talent to tell those stories. But the writing life, with its… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
As far as the style, I can't say there is one definite style. I probably feel most comfortable writing in a tonal… — Marc-Andre Hamelin Copy Share Image
Here's my answer to the very real existential crisis that grips me midway through everything I've ever tried to do: I think… — John Green Copy Share Image
The summer after high school, I got a TASCAM because I had been writing a lot and thought it would be cool… — Soccer Mommy Copy Share Image
Novel writing, like so many things in life, is an iterative process. You come at it again and again, working at it… — Kameron Hurley Copy Share Image
I am not sure I knew what I was doing, writing an "apocalypse" novel, when I started this book. Now that the… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
I always loved putting on shows - when you're the youngest of seven and five are older sisters, you've got to get… — David Wenham Copy Share Image
I think my first bout of that was when I was doing me and My Girl, funnily enough. I really didn't change… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
...One of the most important lessons, perhaps, is the fact that SOFTWARE IS HARD. From now on I shall have significantly greater… — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
To all my friends, readers, and students: I apologize for not being able to write you directly, however the God and Goddess… — Donald Michael Kraig Copy Share Image
I think the only boundaries are individual and personal. A writer should be free to write about anything he or she wants… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
When I write I like to just say everything that people think about but never express vocally. I just get deep into… — Drake Copy Share Image
I wanted to protect the songs. I wanted to make sure I could write freely and not be self-conscious about it. — Alejandra Deheza Copy Share Image
You start at the end, and then go back and write and go that way. Not everyone does, but I do. Some… — Anne Perry Copy Share Image
There are a few Irish writers who have a very strong influence on me, especially on the 'Take Me to Church' EP. — Hozier Copy Share Image
I have a slogan I use when I get anxious writing, which happens quite a bit: ‘the ordeal is part of the… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Because of who I am, and how open I am, there's something inherently political about just writing love songs. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
My advice would be not to write until after 35. You need some experience, and for life to knock you about a… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
The world does not need more Christian literature. What it needs is more Christians writing good literature. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In terms of love, you're not in control and I hate that feeling. I seem to write a lot of sad songs… — Freddie Mercury Copy Share Image
We started writing songs like 'Shook Ones' and 'Survival of the Fittest' explaining our neighborhood, but more our personal lives. — Prodigy Copy Share Image
The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind… — Virgil Thomson Copy Share Image
Few things are more painful than being a successful writer born in a small country with an impenetrable language. — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
It is a strange thing to read a letter after the writer is dead - a bitter-sweet thing, in which pain and… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
I've always viewed writing as an outlet for being vulnerable and all that comes with that. You are able to let things… — Bishop Briggs Copy Share Image
I got a call from an agent to come to New York City, and write for the 'Ford Star Revue.' Because at… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
No, originally I thought that writing articles would keep me from having to see a psychiatrist, but I became even more depressed… — Theo Van Gogh Copy Share Image
“Writing is not just my Hobby . Pen is mouthpiece of my feelings,I have no another one But paper is my best… — Mohammed Zaki Ansari Copy Share Image
I love just going out; long drives, the ocean, my kids, new music, new gear, new plug-ins, coffee, and donuts at four… — John Feldmann Copy Share Image
The writers keep managing to turn the show in on itself, coming up with something that's well thought-out and miraculous. — Kiefer Sutherland Copy Share Image
I went to Morocco, joined a band called Pegasus, ran out of money, went to Gibraltar and worked on the docks, writing… — Graham Parker Copy Share Image
Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
In your arms I forget what the yarn knows of sweaters. I forget how to hold myself together. So if I unfold… — Andrea Gibson Copy Share Image
The myriad of ways that a song can be interpreted is astounding to me, and it's part of the allure of writing. — LP Copy Share Image
