Prose should have a flow, the forward momentum of a certain energized weight; it should feel like a voice tumbling in your… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Rapping was something I always wanted to do, so after school, my friends and I would catch the bus to my house… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
In the book of life every page has two sides: we human beings fill the upper side with our plans, hopes and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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When, in the autumn of 1947, I was fired from the first and only job I have ever held, I wanted one… — William Styron Copy Share Image
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When I am writing anything in general, I just want to tell the story that exists in my head; I don't try… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
Tolkien was such a brilliant writer in so many ways. He was truly an inspiration. Many people don't realize just how much… — Raymond Buckland Copy Share Image
I'm a 48-year-old writer who can remember being a 10-year-old writer and who expects someday to be an 80-year-old writer. I'm also… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In The Art and Aesthetics of Boxing, David Scott addresses the daunting task of establishing a groundwork for the aesthetics of boxing-and… — Robert Anasi Copy Share Image
I often receive a script that it is not quite right. They will write my characters who are in a room with… — Rose Ayling-Ellis Copy Share Image
Loneliness is necessary for pure poetry. When someone intrudes into the poet's life (and any sudden personal contact, whether in the bed… — Jack Spicer Copy Share Image
“But all over-expression, whether by journalists, poets, novelists, or clergymen, is bad for the language, bad for the mind; and by over-expression,… — John Galsworthy Copy Share Image
There's no scientific definition. A hymn... is a song of praise to God. I think there were three real goals with our… — Keith Getty Copy Share Image
If I didn't know the ending of a story, I wouldn't begin. I always write my last lines, my last paragraph first,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
We got instant gratification when we would slip in one of our own songs and people would cheer. We started getting a… — Gord Downie Copy Share Image
“[Walt] Whitman would never get in the way of a boy trying to get off with another boy. Bros before prose.” — Lisa Henry Copy Share Image
I think Dan Brown is a terribly bad writer, but he has cliff-hangers after every chapter which makes you continue reading. — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
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I don't know why I write. If I knew the answer, I probably wouldn't have to. But it is a compulsion. You… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Buying new books supports the writer by providing both a royalty and an audience; a writer whose book sells well has a… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
With these scripts and these writers, so much of it is done for me. Because we don't just throw words around: we… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
I believe when you're writing film or television, you can't rely on a crutch or rule that exists outside of the narrative… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
“To master magical realism, one must make the real seem unreal but, more importantly, make the unreal seem real.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
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When I'm having trouble I write by hand. There is some connection between the mind and the fingers that draws out words. — Sophy Burnham Copy Share Image
“come. when i finish writing, let's take a drive up the PCH with a bottle of cheap wine and talk about these… — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
I take in a lot of different styles when I listen to music, but when I'm actually writing a song it comes… — Guy Sebastian Copy Share Image
To practice - write each and every day if possible - then try to attend professional writer's conferences where you can learn… — James Dashner Copy Share Image
I think that fanaticism is terrific. As long as you don't have to live with it. Oh, yes, nobody should marry a… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
[The Freedom Writer] is full of disinformation ... typical of left-wing journals like yours, you print anything you can find that is… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
GOOD, adj. Sensible, madam, to the worth of this present writer. Alive, sir, to the advantages of letting him alone. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
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