There are stages in bread-making quite similar to the stages of writing. You begin with something shapeless, which sticks to your fingers,… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
The myth stems from the belief that writing is some mystical process. That it's magical. That it abides by its own set… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
My father was an engineer - he wasn't literary, not a writer or a journalist, but he was one of the world's… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
“Google maps are one thing but there's no substitute for pounding the beat and I spent quite a bit of time figuring… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“The probable reason that nobody at Mikimoto wanted a writer to go to the pearl farms of Ago…was because something terrible was… — Victoria Finlay Copy Share Image
I made the decision that I didn't want to spend my life in rooms and write about rooms, or else make books… — Lawrence Osborne Copy Share Image
The moment a writer begins to pay more attention to how to write than what to write, he begins to drift away… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was supposed to be a real Thatcherite. Just by dint of being a first-generation immigrant and having not had money, and… — George Michael Copy Share Image
Everyone has his own particular talent, niche and interests. Which isn't to say that you shouldn't try new genres or styles or… — Kevin Alexander Copy Share Image
The curly red lines across the African deserts had the fascination of a magnet, and I hoped fervently that the pioneers who… — Rosita Forbes Copy Share Image
Know what makes a sentence more than a random list, practice constructing sentences and explaining what you have done, and you will… — Stanley Fish Copy Share Image
Foreign news is considered an expletive. Thoughtfully written analysis is out, 'live pops' are in. 'Action Jackson' is the cry. Hire lookers,… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
When I start writing a new imaginary future, I have no idea what it is. The characters arrive first. They help me… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
Say who you are, really say it in your life and in your work. Tell someone out there who is lost, someone… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
As I'm writing, I start to see connections, and themes I didn't see, and that sparks other things. So then I go… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
Most of my writing is an effort, one way or another, to figure something out about myself, and often when I read… — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
I think going into 'New Moon,' I knew the characters better. I knew the world better and I knew the actors who… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“If a writer writes something that he or she has never experienced, I think the reader can sense right away that it… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Mania has been described as having a mystical quality, an example of which is described by the writer Theodore Roethke. One day… — Lewis Wolpert Copy Share Image
“A part of me wants to believe that I was born an artist. That it was my inexorable destiny to become a… — Cristian Mihai Copy Share Image
My recommendation for SEO is very simple. It’s Write Good Stuff. In my mind, Google is in the business of finding good… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
They were a very good form for me - the way a short story has to be designed in order to function,… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
I almost always write everything the way it comes out, except I tend much more to take things out rather than put… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
One has to work very carefully with what is in between the words. What is not said. Which is measure, which is… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Write. Remember, people may keep you (or me) from being a published author but no one can stop you from being a… — Katherine Neville Copy Share Image
“You alone own your story. Do not let another tell it, and if you find yourself in the company of one determined… — Jeanette LeBlanc Copy Share Image
The writers job is to get naked, To hide nothing. To look away from nothing. To look at it. To not blink.… — Harry Crews Copy Share Image
Entertain, yes. That goes without saying. But a good writer does that automatically, it's built into the machine. Telling a thumpingly good,… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
I quickly realized that I enjoyed editing more than writing. I felt more suited to it and it fit my nurturing personality.… — Lynn Povich Copy Share Image
Beyond any role that I ever had, really early on as a stand-up, I would see actors decide to try it and… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
I love teaching poetry writing. Students come into the class thinking poetry has to be one way, then leave having created pieces… — Cate Marvin Copy Share Image
I wrote Baghdad Central right after translating a great work by Ibrahim al-Koni, who is sort of a master of Arab fiction.… — Elliott Colla Copy Share Image
The more you write tunes, the better they will become. The more you do gigs, the better you will become. It’s just… — Ed Sheeran Copy Share Image
I had literary interests my whole life. I decided at the age of five I was going to be a writer. So… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Human experience, which is constantly contradicting theory, is the great test of truth. A system, built upon the discoveries of a great… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I'll write this all down for you," I said. "I'll put it in a story." I don't know if that's what he… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
I sing the best when I'm really in my voice. It's kind of like I'm meditating but I sort of imagine my… — Brett Dennen Copy Share Image
J. Budziszewski is perhaps the clearest and most eloquent natural lawyer writing today. When reading his works I often find myself amazed… — Francis J. Beckwith Copy Share Image
Everybody said, 'You hit it so big when you were on 'Ally McBeal.' ' I didn't do anything for a year after… — Josh Ryan Evans Copy Share Image
I like L.A. It's like a mini break. For a writer, it's hilarious. Like the food. Where I come from, we eat… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
