“...it is precisely because the world appears to us to be multiple, ambiguous, and paradoxical, that we must strive to speak and… — Mark Dintenfass Copy Share Image
One of my greatest pleasures in my writing has come from the thought that perhaps my work might annoy someone of comfortably… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
He would write it for the reason he felt that all great literature, fiction and nonfiction, was written: truth comes out, in… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When I'm writing fiction I'm thinking, God, this is so hard - I have to make all this stuff up! I wish… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
If a young aspirant had a modicum of skill and a busy typewriter she or he would sooner or later get a… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
I touched an Oscar once. Friend of mine has one, for writing. As soon as I touched it, he said, Now you'll… — Rob Corddry Copy Share Image
If something happened where I couldn't write music anymore, it would kill me. It's not just a job. It's not just a… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
When we saw our plane on TV as breaking news, it was the most surreal experience. A lot of the women were… — Taryn Manning Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you work as hard as you can on something, and still the cake does not rise. Sometimes the cake is better… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I think the best writers are voracious readers who pick up the cadences and the feel of narration through a number of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“It was never for you, Annie, or all the other people out there who sign their letters “Your number-one fan.” The minute… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I'm used to always being different, in any context. People always want to know how I grew up, so I just say… — Noureen DeWulf Copy Share Image
“You can be a member of all of the romance writers associations, take part in all of the networking available, or win… — Kathryn Le Veque Copy Share Image
“All my life and all my experience, the events that have befallen me, the people I have known, all my memories, dreams,… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
Long fiction is wonderful and you can lose yourself in it as a reader and as a writer, but short stories don't… — Isobelle Carmody Copy Share Image
“All extra-Biblical writings, which must have been composed in the great days of the two kingdoms, have disappeared. It is to be… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
When we want mood experiences, we go to concerts or museums. When we want meaningful emotional experience, we go to the storyteller. — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
I write the music because I can't really write lyrics. But I can write chords like Robin's never heard of. So I… — Maurice Gibb Copy Share Image
I write titles that are confrontational. I write titles that make people want to pick up a book and find out more… — Larry Winget Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm out and I hear something, I'm writing. It's the process of writing it down and then just always creating wherever… — Sabrina Carpenter Copy Share Image
There is only one writer in whom I find something that reminds me of the directness of style which is found in… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
I will always be an actress. I couldn't see myself without acting. But I'd love to direct and keep writing. I don't… — Kate del Castillo Copy Share Image
When you write, you're inside the project. You can't really think about the reception. It has to be worth it even if… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Self-editing is the way I write. Ten verses of a song and it's finished. Then we start playing it and if I… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
“If I had a clear vision, none of my books would be what they are. I've got to let the characters show… — Shandy L. Kurth Copy Share Image
There is nothing more distressing or tiresome than a writer standing in front of an audience and reading his work. — William Gaddis Copy Share Image
If I'm feeling something, I have a lot of different ways to express it, you know? I can write an article about… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
I wouldn't be able to write a song like 'Someone Like You' and get someone else to sing it because it's so… — Adele Copy Share Image
I think Rick Berman just called me and asked me if I wanted to do the show [Star Trek: Enterprise], and he… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in… — Simon Beaufoy Copy Share Image
I never stopped writing music, I just stopped writing songs. I've been writing music continually ever since the last album of original… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
“I realized I was officially a professional writer when all my plans began with "drink coffee" and ended with "take a nap.” — Cassandra Duffy Copy Share Image
The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what I've written, but to challenge my writing this story… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
The biggest idea that I have learned - I basically went in to write a book about Adam and Eve, ended up… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
One of the most satisfying aspects of writing is that it can open in us deep wells of hidden treasures that are… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The best of causes ruins as quickly as the worst; and the road to Limbo is paved with writers who have done… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
I'm never quite sure how the poem is going to resolve itself and that I'm always in some way surprised. I make… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
Because I write fiction that is based in the real world, it's going to lead people into some of the modern dilemmas… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“When the police willfully break the law on video and then deny the event in writing, you know that you are dealing… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I don't consider writing a quiet, closet act. I consider it a real physical act. When I'm home writing on the typewriter,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
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