To be honest, I don't know. I started one [book] back in 1982 or '83 when I first retired. But I was… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
The first fiction I ever wrote was short stories. I was writing short stories in my late teens and early twenties, and… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
In high school and college, I started to read more and write science fiction myself. I was fully engaged in writing in… — Liu Cixin Copy Share Image
I've been writing articles for newspapers and magazines. And writing is a very beautiful way of expression. — Divya Dutta Copy Share Image
The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than real ...… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I write all day. Other days, I sit around thinking. Or I run around from one meeting to another,… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Only difference between writing and speaking is you can write and express your feelings even when you are alone but you can't… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
“Maybe we guzzle forty stories with every breath we draw and they soak into us and flavor and thicken and spice the… — Brian Doyle Copy Share Image
Like, your body has to get used to being in front of people. Like - and you have to be like -… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
I think of you often. Especially in the evenings, when I am on the balcony and it’s too dark to write or… — Katherine Mansfield Copy Share Image
“That’s what writers and artists and creators do, boy. Listen to the Void and try to hear dead folks’ thoughts. Feel their… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“But I can say that if you’re a writer who happens to be a woman, you’ll get a book cover that depicts… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
I wrote on the Grammys, and a few times for Garry Shandling when he was hosting. I couldn't have enjoyed those gigs… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
New York has a thousand universes in it that don't always connect but we do all walk the same streets, hear the… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
“In our modern age, there are writers who have heaped scorn on the very idea of the primacy of story. I'd rather… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
I trust that a graduate student some day will write a doctoral essay on the influence of the Munich analogy on the… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
I took time in the day to write as much of the book as I possibly could. I didn't write too much… — Drew Magary Copy Share Image
It is forgetting, not remembering, that is the essence of what makes us human. To make sense of the world, we must… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
“One cannot be taught to write. One can only learn to write by writing—and reading. Reading good books written by real artists—until… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
I am not one of those translators who think that working closely with the writer will yield the best translation. — Adam Morris Copy Share Image
As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note. — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
If I spent my time worrying about what other people would think of my work, I would be too self-conscious to write. — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
Flannery O'Connor is my creative hero. I think she's the greatest American writer. Her book, 'Mystery and Manners,' is my creative bible. — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
The human mind is a wonderful thing, it starts working from before you're born and doesn't stop till you sit down to… — Roger Miller Copy Share Image
“Nonetheless, writing regularly, inspiration or no, is not a bad way to eventually get into an inspired mood; the plane has to… — Alice W. Flaherty Copy Share Image
I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I could write songs about politics, but I'm conscious of not writing songs that sound the same as the ones I wrote… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
I learned I'm not a science writer. I'm not very good at describing how something is happening. I try to describe "So… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“All my writing is translated from Gibberish directly into Nonsense. So if my writing offends you, then don’t blame me—blame the translator.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Ive always written poetry and lyrics. My first husband, who was a musician, we wrote a bunch of songs together. — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
TV is gratifying in the long-term. We [writers] find ourselves knowing who we can go to for a laugh, or who we… — Michael Brandt Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I'm writing for a particular actor. When a lot of writers are writing, they're writing an idea. So they're… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
The walls are covered -crammed- with writing. No. Not writing. They are covered with a single four-letter word that has been inscribed… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
Because I am a storyteller I live by words. Perhaps music is a purer art form. It may be that when we… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Keep writing, because not only does practice improve skill, it gives you more chances to score on the market. I did that… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
I think coldness is chic among writers, and particularly ironic coldness. What is absolutely not allowable is sadness. People will do anything… — Mary Gordon Copy Share Image
The biggest impact that acting and theater had was, of course, stage presence, but it also had a big impact on my… — Lari White Copy Share Image
The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at… — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
Most of the writers I like just intimidate and humble me but in that there's a good deal of inspiration to be… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
So, as a child in school, I used to write essays on how I spent my holiday or about a visit to… — Sudha Murty Copy Share Image
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