I'm wary of being put in boxes. But at the same time, it's important that I embrace my identity as a writer… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
Every artist wants an audience, and it's incredible to me how books take on a life of their own and reach people… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
This morning I deleted the hyphen from "hell-bound" and made it one word; this afternoon I redivided it and restored the hyphen. — Edwin Arlington Robinson Copy Share Image
I used to be afraid of two things - being alone and not being able to write. Since Albert's death, I don't… — Hans-Uwe Bauer Copy Share Image
Like italics and hyphens, quotation marks are to be used as sparingly as possible. They should light the way, not darken it. — Eric Partridge Copy Share Image
We're all writing out of a wound, and that's where our song comes from. The wound is singing. We're singing back to… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
I spent many years trying to write a lot like Ben Folds or John Lennon or Rivers Cuomo. I think that's healthy… — Andrew Dost Copy Share Image
My problem with being in New York City is that you really can't make a living as a comedian. You can, but… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
“The Stadium Have you ever entered an empty stadium? Try it. Stand in the middle of the field and listen. There is… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
It takes great self-confidence to write a newspaper column. Some might say it takes arrogance. Be that as it may, my willingness… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
Until film is just as easily accessible as a pen or pencil, then it's not completely an art form. In painting you… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
“When my head is in the typewriter the last thing on my mind is some imaginary reader. I don’t have an audience;… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
There have been 700 or 800 songs I've written over the last 60 years, as I went through different periods of writing.… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
You're often looking at writing from writers who, for the most part, are working in forms that traditionally fit into other genres.… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
What is good for you creatively is usually bad commercially. You thrive financially by sticking to a series and not fiddling about… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say I'm underrated, but more reserved. Only time will tell, but I've been good so far in being consistent and… — Nayvadius Cash Copy Share Image
If I'm writing a radio thing that's narrative, it's quite nice to stop for an hour and write a load of garbage… — Tim Key Copy Share Image
Teaching is all armchair. I learn about writing by writing and thinking about what I've written and throwing it away. — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. It is not fair. He has fame and profit enough as… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Everyday is a page mind what you write on those page because someone else is gonna read it when you are gone. — Burshal Crizzy Copy Share Image
Sometimes you just want to not be bothered by people. Sometimes, if not at all times, you just want people to leave… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
When you take stuff from one writer it's plagiarism; but when you take it from many writers, it's research. — Wilson Mizner Copy Share Image
My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty… — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
The things I write about are the things that I am passionate about, interested in, and fighting for in my life. — Kristin Armstrong Copy Share Image
The process of writing a book is like the process of preparing a dinner. Serving dishes, choosing ingredients and so on. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
I've been astonished how often, when I convince a writer to tell a story more straightforwardly and to tell it more simply… — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
I'm basically a writer of ideas, and the English aren't interested in ideas. The English, I'm afraid, are totally brainless. — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
Once outside the magic circle the writers became their lonely selves, pondering on poems, observing their fellow men ruthlessly, putting people they… — Barbara Pym Copy Share Image
I've written a lot of songs in the last couple years, but writing a lot of songs doesn't always mean writing good… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
I think people are quite surprised that the handwriting I use in my drawings and paintings is my own handwriting. They're slightly… — David Shrigley Copy Share Image
I'd love to develop and star in my own children's show, write children's books, do children's albums, movies, DVDs, etc. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I write about banking because it is something I'm familiar with. Also, I don't have to do much research on it. — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
Writers are magpies by nature, always collecting shiny things, storing them away and looking for connections of things. — John Connolly Copy Share Image
Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the… — Anita Desai Copy Share Image
I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds of pages per book that never make… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
When people ask, "Is there any advice you'd give a young writer?," I say write short stories. They afford lots of failure.… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
To see how boring you really are, write a book about soap and cults, and the profits you make will be your… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“You can have the finest pen, typewriter, or computer, but without a set of eyes that truly see the world, you might… — Thurman P. Banks Jr Copy Share Image
When I sit down at my writing desk, time seems to vanish. I think it's a wonderful way to spend one's life. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
I'm very comfortable writing in the first person; it dives into the character in a way that's difficult if you're writing in… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
