But there's nothing that gives me more thrill than when I'm writing and a couplet works. I find the right rhyme, or… — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
I wanted to become a writer and felt that poetry was perfected language, so having it in my subconscious mind would make… — Caterina Fake Copy Share Image
You may very well ask what the goddess of love is doing in St. Andrews, writing trashy romances. Adapting. — Kelly Link Copy Share Image
It is crazy even to ask what creativity is. It would be just as useful to interview a caraway plant in your… — Eeva Kilpi Copy Share Image
I write in the morning at a table, longhand on yellow legal pads, just like Nixon, when I’m doing fiction. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Writing isn't just on the page; it's voices in the reader's head. Read what you write out loud to someone-anyone-and you will… — Donna Jo Napoli Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by the grassroots folktale level of a culture, and as a storyteller, I have to follow what seems… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
My mother wanted me to join the Indian army, as the army was seen as a decent and respectable career to have.… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
“The writer is a kind of hawk; he goes round in the skies, constantly looking with his sharp eyes for the character… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
I tend to write on an acoustic guitar or the piano. I have kind of a rule: if I can't sit down… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
Working with artists and other poets has made me aware that there was a bigger "me" that I hadn't been quite aware… — Ron Padgett Copy Share Image
Without changing my style and who I am, they [Trent Willmon and Dan Couch and Dale Oliver ] know how to draw… — Cody Johnson Copy Share Image
You could imagine writing about a prostitute, for instance, but if you haven't spent time with prostitutes then you're going to get… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
“A writer’s brush is a warrior’s bow, the letters it shapes are arrows that must hit the mark on the page. The… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
Get Up is basically the book I wanted to have my first year of sobriety. I wish someone had given me this… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
“The first duty of an Author is --- I conceive --- a faithful allegiance to Truth and Nature; his second, such a… — Juliet Barker Copy Share Image
My husband and I are writers, and I wish I could write faster. There are not a lot of movies made with… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
There are three things you need to be a good writer: you need to read a lot, you need to write a… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
“Most people carry their demons around with them, buried down deep inside. Writers wrestle their demons to the surface, fling them onto… — CK Webb Copy Share Image
Songs are like myths. Myths are useful because they allow you to cast yourself and your life and your own experience. And… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
What I try to do is read stuff that won't deal with the dangerous dark things I hope I am writing about. — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
In TV writing, I felt like Gulliver being tied down by the Lilliputians. There's so much more freedom in fiction writing. — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
What's great about good writing is that it feels like life, so it's not hard to relate to her circumstances. — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
“I won't sacrifice my characters morals/intentions/motives for the sake of what I believe is right or wrong. If the action fits the… — James DeSantis Copy Share Image
The things I discovered when writing 'Line of Duty' were the tools you have available to write a thriller. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I certainly derived my skills as a prose writer from my scrutiny of poetry and of the individual word. But schools don't… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
I started singing when I was a teenager. I always wanted to write songs; I just didn't understand how someone could sing… — Olivia Merilahti Copy Share Image
I've never discussed my writing with others much, but I don't believe it can do any harm. I don't think that there's… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The great thing about writing: Stay with it ... ultimately you teach yourself something very important about yourself. — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
Writing is like any other sort of sport. In order for you to get better at it, you have to exercise the… — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
I'm a joke comic. I tell jokes. I like writing a joke, and I like when a joke works, and I like… — Dave Attell Copy Share Image
Then there was Clark Ashton Smith, who wrote for Weird Tales and who had a wild imagination. He wasn't a very talented… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
I need to be able to write a poem after every film and to kind of cleanse myself from the character because… — Masiela Lusha Copy Share Image
I've been writing way before 'X Factor,' and I've been doing shows before 'X Factor.' And everything I did on this show… — Astro Copy Share Image
I like to write about women who are talented and capable, but most important, retain their femininity. Women have tremendous power -… — Sidney Sheldon Copy Share Image
It's exciting for people to define who they are in relation to what I write - whether it be by loving or… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
The way I have progressed as a writer over the years is to try and stay true to the principles I absorbed. — Rob Chapman Copy Share Image
I tell stories, and I do it through writing, through acting, through my stand-up, and through directing. All the hats I wear… — Del Shores Copy Share Image
I am very sad to learn of Nora's passing. She was a brilliant writer and humorist. Being her Harry to Meg's Sally… — Billy Crystal Copy Share Image
What I always wanted to get seen as was as a good actor, when it was the acting I was doing. When… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
![“Without changing my style and who I am, they [Trent Willmon and Dan Couch and Dale Oliver ] know how to draw those things out of me. It was a really cool experience on this record, because I tried really hard on the writing to make sure that I wasn't just writing it just like I wanted to.” quote by Cody Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/cody-johnson-15676_couches_without-changing-my-style-and-who-i-am-t_919541.jpg)
