Knowing what you're up against is part of the strength of writing something that is even, I guess, considered halfway original, knowing… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
If I wasn't a trader, I would probably be in the film business in some capacity and writing in some other form.… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
We write to find out what we didn’t know we knew. We write to know deeper and truer. We write to connect… — Carolyn Coman Copy Share Image
I'm not unfamiliar with music, and I really do write music. I've gotten a talent for it. I don't have the technical… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
I do have pleasure when I'm writing. I mean, I'm aware of pleasure. And sometimes I make myself laugh, with a joke… — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
“Why does the writer write? The writer writes to serve--hopelessly he writes in the hope that he might serve--not himself and not… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
The nobility of our calling will always be rooted in two commitments difficult to observe: refusal to lie about what we know,… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating ones own creativity - thats a much… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
If you're going to write about something it becomes a damn sight more interesting than if you're not going to write about… — Jonathan Meades Copy Share Image
There's lots of good movies where you feel that the dialogue could be improvised, but very little was. The "Big Lebowski" was… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
I have a philosophy that everything you write doesn't have to be good for everybody. There are going to be people that… — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
'Presumed Innocent' was written over a six to seven year period with intervals in between where I was figuring out the end… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
While I did a lot of research, I ended up feeling that the best way to write about grief was to describe… — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The Nigerian storyteller Ben Okri says that ‘In a fractured age, when cynicism is god, here is a possible heresy: we live… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
That's the secret of how to enjoy writing and how to make yourself meet high standards," said Mrs. Berman. "You don't write… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I wanted to be involved with literature. I certainly wasn't going to be able to write for a living, and I didn't… — Jonathan W. Galassi Copy Share Image
If Francoise Sagan hadn't written a book called A Chateau in Sweden, I would certainly write a short story called A Chateau… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
If you don't have a sensation of apprehension when you set out to find a story and a swagger when you sit… — A. M. Rosenthal Copy Share Image
If you write thrillers or mysteries or horror fiction or quote-unquote speculative fiction, men might read you, and the 'Times' might notice… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
There are certain things that make me relax, like writing my journal. That's the only time that I'm relaxing. It's the only… — Jessica Simpson Copy Share Image
“In his writings, particularly Life Force: The Creative Process in Man and in Nature (2004), Kelley expressed admiration for Ayn Rand and… — Laurence Galian Copy Share Image
The book has many different characteristics: some are extremely old-fashioned storytelling traits, but there are also a fair number of postmodern traits,… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
All my friends who wanted to write had got nowhere trying to write the great European novel. So I deliberately steered clear… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
I really was a fan of his and always have been - his writing especially, you know? I think people a lot… — Alan Jackson Copy Share Image
I guess it would be if I wanted to, just lay back and predominantly write songs when I can't go on a… — Jimi Hendrix Copy Share Image
“Every reader writes the book he or she reads, supplying what isn't there, and that creative invention becomes the book.” — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Death is the great Maecenas, Death is the great angel of writing. You must write because you are not going to live… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
Fiction does not spring into the world fully grown, like Athena. It is the process of writing and rewriting that makes a… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
I think walking is very useful, like sleeping and dreaming, as something that's important to my ability to write. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
The Thickety is a sinister, magical debut with a marvelous and shocking heroine. J.A. White’s elegant writing and masterful plot kept me… — Lisa McMann Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Sophie's World' in three months, but I was only writing and sleeping. I work for 14 hours a day when… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
The more complex and overwhelming the threat to a protagonist, the better the opportunity for the author to create a compelling conflict… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
I plan less and less. It's a great benefit of writing lots, that you get good at holding long narratives in your… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
One should take writers' valuations of their own work with a pinch of salt: they are likely to rank them differently tomorrow. — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Literature is both my joy and my comfort: it can add to every happiness and there is no sorrow it cannot console. — Pliny the Younger Copy Share Image
Novel-writing is a bit like deception. You lie as little as you possibly can. That's the way I do it, anyway. — Joseph O'Neill Copy Share Image
Everyone who has ever met me for at least five minutes knows I'm a really funny person. I love to laugh and… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
“Editing is like walking across a room strewn with rose petals and thorns. When you can walk across mostly unbloodied, you're finished.” — Richard Due Copy Share Image
“When you love someone, you are not just writing a chapter in her story; you are co-authoring an eternal epic!” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Writing screenplays makes me a better musician because it clears my head. After writing a movie, I go running back to music… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
