In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by writing these types of stories, I have to include tragedy. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
It is not usually possible in a poem or a story to make the relationship between particular and universal fully explicit. Those… — John Berger Copy Share Image
I'm trying to write every day if I can. I think the idea is to try and chip away at it as… — Wesley Schultz Copy Share Image
When my mother makes out her income tax return every year, under occupation she writes, eroding my daughter's self-esteem. — Robin Roberts Copy Share Image
The most important thing in writing is to have written. I can always fix a bad page. I can't fix a blank… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
For me as a storyteller, I want to follow the characters and the story through what they organically demand. — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
If he can give his readers no reason why they should read his book, except that the events happened to him, it… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It's fun to have someone to talk to and get input from when you write. I usually get stuck when I'm just… — Astrid S Copy Share Image
All we ever want is a story, that's all you want. So, you give a fairly long speech to somebody to tell… — Brenda Fricker Copy Share Image
I started to write in about 1950; I was thirty-five at the time; there didn't seem to be any strong motivation. I… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Everything brought forward in favor of Socialism during the last hundred years, in thousands of writings and speeches, all the blood which… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
For a fight to be productive, or at least relevant, writers should fight over different demands they put upon writing (as an… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
Because I'm a Christian, when I write things are going to have a certain flavor. When you're writing songs you try to… — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
“Any writer must find it difficult to assess her own work honestly and objectively, so I can only say that I hope… — Margaret Maddocks Copy Share Image
I remember Stephen King did a fundraiser one time with J.K. Rowling and he was very impressed with her. But we talk… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
I decided to write the book to open the eyes of the people of how corrupt John D. Rockefeller company was and… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
I sometimes think it is because they are so bad at expressing themselves verbally that writers take to pen and paper in… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I write songs like "The Sweetest Love." Of course I'm a little cheesy. Love is cheesy. Love is corny. But it's also… — Robin Thicke Copy Share Image
“It's the witching hour once more- When the Muse comes out to play. He calls me through that magic door- Where galaxies… — Belle Whittington Copy Share Image
Oftentimes an originator of new language forms is called 'pretentious' by jealous talents. But it ain’t whatcha write, it’s the way atcha… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
That was my challenge as a composer. Like with anything, to keep yourself interested in doing what you do, you set yourself… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
I love writing but not crazy meticulous/prepared enough to be a director. I'd work as a gaffer on something. — T. J. Miller Copy Share Image
The mind, relaxing into needful sport, Should turn to writers of an abler sort, Whose wit well managed, and whose classic style,… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
I've always written stuff based on personal experience, but I've always disguised it by the use of characters. — Sune Rose Wagner Copy Share Image
“And now it's time to hand the baton to you. Stories don't end with writer, however many started the race. So go.… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
'Weedflower' was already in the copyediting phase when I heard about the Newbery award, so it didn't really influence my writing of… — Cynthia Kadohata Copy Share Image
There was a day when I liked writing letters -- it has gone. Unfortunately the passion for getting them remains. — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Rhythm is one of the most powerful of pleasures, and when we feel a pleasurable rhythm we hope it will continue. When… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
I feel much more comfortable as a writer than an actor. I feel like I am a much better writer than I… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
I've been on shows where they're just setting it up, and they're trying to find the tone of the writing and performance.… — Miranda Otto Copy Share Image
Though, probably, no competent geologist would contend that the European classification of strata is applicable to the globe as a whole; yet… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
Back then, when I had that original idea to write about the seventeenth century, the whole thing was set in 1666. I… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
I'm more interested in photographing people who have done something, like writers or directors - even billionaires - as long as I… — Francesco Carrozzini Copy Share Image
As far as I know, if you take your time, write a good script and make a good film, then give the… — Ajay Devgan Copy Share Image
I don't want my kids talked about. It's one of the reasons I thought that if I could just make a go… — Harry Enfield Copy Share Image
I think if everyone would write down the funny stories from their own childhoods, the world would be a better place. — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
The best thing about being a writer is it gives you readers who understand your deepest feelings and fears. — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Writing is not lying, nor is it theft. It is a journey and search for transparency between one’s words and one’s soul. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
I've written a lot of books now; I've been published for over 30 years. I hope with every book I learn something… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is writing for money, seems wrong to me.… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
