When it comes time to write the book itself I'll shut the lights out, picture the scene I'm about to write then… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
“... the structure of a page of good prose is, analyzed logically, not something frozen but the vibrating of a bridge, which… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
We've got a bunch of new writers now who tell me they grew up watching The Simpsons. It's bizarre, and they're writing… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
Signing with Hollywood Records was a dream come true. I am so blessed to get to do the things that I love… — Coco Jones Copy Share Image
I've never seen a great military, political, or corporate leader who was not a great storyteller. Telling stories is a core competency… — Bran Ferren Copy Share Image
Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
When I start working early, I write things that I wouldn't if all my defences were up; I discover the emotional core… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
I have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. It is scandalous that I should have to write… — Bill Shankly Copy Share Image
I noticed when I was writing the book that I would tend to mention 'outside' songs right through to about the middle… — Bernie Finkelstein Copy Share Image
I have written some songs, but I would really call what I've done poetry at the end of the day, because I'll… — Amanda Seyfried Copy Share Image
I'm too impatient to wait for things to happen to me. If I should be out of work for two months I… — Erland Josephson Copy Share Image
The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going to the… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
I actually produced other people's vocals for a long time when I first signed my publishing deal and I had just sort… — Solange Knowles Copy Share Image
If a person chooses not to be a writer, or speaker, then (by definition) the person is choosing not to be engaged… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“This is not an autobiography. It is, rather, a kind of curriculum vitae — my attempt to show how one writer was… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
In real life, people fumble their words. They repeat themselves and stare blankly off into space and don't listen properly to what… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
Doctoral training is devoted almost entirely to learning to do research, even though most Ph.Ds who enter academic life spend far more… — Derek Bok Copy Share Image
If you want to be a writer, you have to learn to write in other people's voices until you get the chance… — Nahnatchka Khan Copy Share Image
“He was a good storyteller, but he told the kind of stories that made children run away from the village and adults… — Sorin Suciu Copy Share Image
We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I have at last come to the end of the Faerie Queene: and though I say "at last", I almost wish he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I make that distinction only because I came to it strictly as someone who was just a lover of storytellers and cinematic… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
“The most amoral man could write a brilliant literary work. The freedom to express and create what he chose was the relevant… — Alaa Alghamdi Copy Share Image
Noah Baumbach writing is really wonderful. I think the way he plays out each character with a unique voice is really impressive,… — Naomi Watts Copy Share Image
The best advice on writing I've ever received was from William Zinsser: 'Be grateful for every word you can cut.' — Christopher Buckley Copy Share Image
And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a… — Robert Towne Copy Share Image
The muscles of writing are not so visible, but they are just as powerful: determination, attention, curiosity, a passionate heart. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
I can speak for most songwriters - those breakup love songs are so easy to write, as far as the inspiration and… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
The number of people writing poems is vast, and their reasons for doing so are many, that much can be surmised from… — Mark Strand Copy Share Image
“Writing is communicating with an unknown intimate who is always available, the way the faithful turn to God.” — Ariel Levy Copy Share Image
“As a result of that confined distribution, peoples who pride themselves on being civilized have always viewed writing as the sharpest distinction… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
George [Lucas] wanted to know whether we'd be interested. He did say that if we didn't want to do it, they wouldn't… — Mark Hamill Copy Share Image
Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats... for jittery people. — William Styron Copy Share Image
Storytelling sticks in the mind because it attaches emotions to events, and that's the way we remember things. If you don't tell… — Nick Morgan Copy Share Image
Literature is always trying to show other parts of this immense universe in which we live. It's endless. I'm sure there will… — Nathalie Sarraute Copy Share Image
I'm not good at comparing and contrasting. I take what's in front of me for what it is, although I guess there's… — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
I can't constantly be trying to write the unwritten song, the song that the 15-year-old girl needs. I need to write the… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
"Write that down," the King said to the jury, and the jury eagerly wrote down all three dates on their slates, and… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
I would write about issues and people I met along the way, but not about the process and the life of being… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
For me, if the writing and - by extension - the subject matter and the characters are all good, it doesn't matter… — Adam Croasdell Copy Share Image
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