“There are many premium writers, yes? Tolstoy, yes? He wrote War , and also Peace , which are both premium books.” — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
I'm a social writer in the sense that I want to record, but not in the sense of trying to change people's… — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
“I do my writing in the morning, now, if the boy will let me, and in the afternoon when I’m not teaching,… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital… — Samuel McChord Crothers Copy Share Image
When you make a decision to write according to a set schedule and really stick to it, you find yourself writing very… — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
“If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.” — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I've politely declined a few reality-type things but generally have been asked to do things that I'd enjoy. I'll be doing less… — Greg Davies Copy Share Image
“It is possible, with lots of hard work, dedication, and timely help, to make a good writer out of a merely competent… — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
“Step back and scrutinize your work, to delve deep into the meaning behind the words, it will get both easier in some… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
As a rule, I think people in L.A. are interested in any writer who brings a different skill set and experiences. There's… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
“As sci-fi writer Theodore Sturgeon said, 90 percent of everything is crap. But science fiction has not been forgiven for its crap.… — David Brin Copy Share Image
If you don't put 99 percent of yourself into the writing, there will be no publishing career. There's the writer and there's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's the public self that we present to the outer world. There's the private self, which maybe takes more time to access.… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
Lists help us manage the chaos of our lives—to impose order, if only for a moment. Writing a list clears the mind.… — Sasha Cagen Copy Share Image
“Writers are tough sons-of-bitches. It’s hard enough to write a book. Then you have to wade into this street fight we call… — Michael Schmicker Copy Share Image
In seventh grade I had a magical teacher, her name was Mrs. Fried. She wore only pink, she drove a pink Mustang,… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
Most people are much better at saying things in letters than in conversation, and some people can write artistic, inventive letters, but… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
It's frightfully important for a writer to be his age, not to be younger or older than he is. One might ask,… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Perhaps his tragedy is that he is the only normal writer left on earth -- and it is this that adds to… — Malcolm Lowry Copy Share Image
There are hardly half a dozen writers in England today who have not sold out to the enemy. Even when their good… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
I think the writing of literature should give pleasure. What else should it be about? It is not nuclear physics. It actually… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
Writing about my life was a 13-year process where I had to face my demons as I wrote and take the time… — Dominique Jackson Copy Share Image
Young writers find their first audience in little magazines, and experimental writers find their only audience there. — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
It's nervous work. The state you need to write in is the state that others are paying large sums of money to… — Shirley Hazzard Copy Share Image
Early in my songwriting career, when I was learning a lot about writing songs, I'd force myself to sit down until I… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
The comforts come from my movie and television writing. It is unusual to live this well simply from books. — Anatoly Rybakov Copy Share Image
I have never been depressed or thrown a plate, which I attribute to the cathartic effects of writing books about people whose… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
take a writer away from his typewriter and all you have left is the sickness which started him typing in the beginning — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I just put off the writing until later in the day, but now I write early every morning… — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
I love how Shakespeare can really rip your heart out one second and then make you laugh the next. He's a master… — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image
Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation. — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
I like to write things that are a soundtrack to my life so if I am experiencing that moment, I want to… — Amber Mark Copy Share Image
Lena Waithe won an Emmy for writing while starring on the Netflix show 'Master of None,' but it might be more accurate… — Kamala Harris Copy Share Image
I have searched for my forehead to find a secret writing about my fate and I found no trace of destiny, but… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Writers kid themselves-about themselves and other people. Take the talk about writing methods. Writing is just work-there's no secret. If you dictate… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
A new regulation for the publishing industry: "The advance for a book must be larger than the check for the lunch at… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
Instincts are a really important guide for any artist, but particularly filmmakers because it takes a lot to stay true to your… — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
The journalism school helped me develop writing skills, and I had been enjoying cartooning from a very young age. My interest in… — William Jackson Copy Share Image
... but every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words… — Betsy Lerner Copy Share Image
We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces,… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
