I think of myself as a writer who photographs. Images, for me, can be considered poems, short stories or essays. And I've… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
Painters, especially American painters since the Second World War, have been much more troubled, beset by formal perplexity, than American writers. They've… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
I always write to understand my place in the world. I can see myself and my life unfold on the page, and… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
“When students learn to wrestle with questions about purpose, audience, and genre, they develop a conceptual view of writing that has lifelong… — John C. Bean Copy Share Image
Yeah, well, we're all writers, aren't we? He's a writer that hasn't been published, and I'm a writer who hasn't written anything. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
After the journey around the world, writing Hope's Edge, I began to see that it is not possible to know what's possible… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
“For every man there was an inferior woman, for every writer there was a checker," said Nora Ephron. "they were the artists… — Lynn Povich Copy Share Image
Writers. For some reason, a lot of you reject what you hear and see in your heads. If you go too long… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Following the invention of writing, the special form of heightened language, characteristic of the oral tradition and a collective society, gave way… — Harold Innis Copy Share Image
I think there's great value to the Associated Press and to Reuters, but if you wanted to generate original content, maybe written… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
I am a Leo. I was born in August and I love the sunshine. I'm like a cat. We live in a… — Mary Ann Hoberman Copy Share Image
I am very grateful for the success, because it has given me the freedom to write without pressure, in my own way,… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
As a song writer when I first was aware of the Beatles and started, you couldn't avoid hearing it, not that I,… — Jeff Barry Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a writer all my life. Since I was 10. And then at a certain point I began to… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
If you would like to write better than everybody else, you have to want to write better than everybody else. You must… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
“It is my pen, too. With it, I write my story, again and again, in the walls. So I don’t forget. So… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
I think a lot, so I don't spend a lot of time actually writing - I do that part very quickly. That… — Ru Freeman Copy Share Image
The idea of taking a song, envisioning the overall sound in my head and then bringing the arrangement to life in the… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
“It is no less difficult to write a sentence in a recipe than sentences in Moby Dick. So you might as well… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
It's weird talking about projects as an actor because you're so in them. I would prefer to write a paper and deliver… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
I actually don't read the press. All the writers I admire were significantly reclusive, and I'm still trying to figure out how… — Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Copy Share Image
My dad once told me: no matter what anyone says or writes, really, none of those people have to hit your four-… — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image
I am always writing music. I have got unlimited ideas because I have been clean and sober for my entire life. — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
“To great writers, finished works weigh lighter than those fragments on which they work throughout their lives.” — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The generalizing writer is like the passionate drunk, stumbling into your house mumbling: I know I'm not being clear, exactly, but don't… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Initially, I started writing music because I wanted to express my thoughts and get what was going on in my head out… — Yungblud Copy Share Image
I've written a bunch of stuff that no one's ever heard, and I don't know if they ever will. I'm just doing… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
So I grew up in a very book-friendly environment and my education as a writer was reading. I think that's the best… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
My reputation for writing quickly and effortlessly notwithstanding, I am strongly in favor of intelligent, even fastidious revision, which is, or certainly… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I've always been a little more narrative, a little more linear, a little more direct. People instantly want to classify that as… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“humorous writing, the exclamation mark is the equivalent of canned laughter (F. Scott Fitzgerald – that well-known knockabout gag-man – said it… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
When I think about why I would be a writer, why I should continue to be a writer, it seems to me… — Gish Jen Copy Share Image
Because I usually write so autobiographically, it's nice to have someone else's story or a visual and just focus on the music. — Amber Rubarth Copy Share Image
Let's face it, the great comedians now that are handicapped in the looks department are tremendous writers. — Jack Black Copy Share Image
I have to understand what my strengths and limitations are, and work from a true place. I try to do this as… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I have never been able to read Agatha Christie - the pleasure is purely in the puzzle, and the reader is toyed… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“So this, it seems, is the key for authors who want to live forever: You need to write about important things without… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
