Everything I write is designed to be milked to the last drop of revenue. — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
“To put an arrogant 'famous' writer in his place: pretend to be illiterate.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I came from anonymity, and I will continue to write as a private pursuit. — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
“I'm trying to write a book based on myself, but i keep changing.” — Brandon Stanton Copy Share Image
I write all my own raps myself, 100 percent. And it feels good to be able to say that. — Chanel West Coast Copy Share Image
Writers don't write to inform other people, they write to find out something themselves. — Judith Guest Copy Share Image
“A number is random if the simplest way to express it is by writing it down.” — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
“The fool interrupts — The writer of this book is no misanthrope; today one pays too dearly for hatred of man.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
When I'm writing poetry, 99.9% of my writing begins in English. I spent most of my life in English, although I am bilingual. — Pat Mora Copy Share Image
Writing without words? Its not easy, I tell you! I stab the pen into my heart and let the blood flow. No… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no trick to it. If you like to write and want to write, you write, no matter where you are… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
Reading and writing are connected. I learned to read very early so I could read the comics, which I then started to… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
When my own writing needs a perk, I open Zukofsky and read from "A" - particularly sections "22" and "23." It can… — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
I don't think it's good to say that you won't do certain things, but I don't necessarily have the natural urge to… — Alia Shawkat Copy Share Image
But what is more to the point is my belief that the habit of writing thus for my own eye only is… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
My father taught me to love detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler. When I decided to have a hard-boiled detective series… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
I've never written anything before in my entire life, but I have read many comics, so I just wrote what I would… — Iman Vellani Copy Share Image
“I’m writing a book, one letter at a time. After thirteen days, I just finished writing “Once upon a time.” Since it’s… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
For me, writing is really an agony. I feel as if I have a huge, luminous idea that has the potential to… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
It was my very good fortune to find a mentor, Clay Felker, who started my career at the 'New York Magazine' as… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
I haven't found a drug yet that can get you anywhere near as high as a sitting at a desk writing, trying… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
My advice for finding a literary agent would be first, put your work out there as much as possible and hopefully someone… — Sarah Cooper Copy Share Image
Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your own family to read. You wouldn't tell lies to your own wife. Don't… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image