God lends us a little of His reasoning powers and that is how we think: He puts a little of His love… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I enjoy talking to groups who are interested in the writing process or the industry. I never teach - because truthfully, I… — Lori Foster Copy Share Image
Throughout my life, I have held the strongest belief that if you write down what you want to accomplish in your life:… — Scott Cohen Copy Share Image
More significant than the fact that poets write abstrusely, painters paint abstractly, and composers compose unintelligible music is that people should admire… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
John Belushi infused Animal House with this spirit of guerilla filmmaking. John Landis came from that world too, and all the National… — Tim Matheson Copy Share Image
In 2014, as a Christmas gift, I wrote an essay for my husband, about our story. Writing that showed me there was… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
Some writers, notably Anton Chekov, argue that all characters must be admirable, because once we've looked at anyone deeply enough and understood… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
“Write what you yourself would like to read, a story that will entertain and challenge you. If you try and follow the… — J.D. Trafford Copy Share Image
I have to say, my family's always been incredibly open and encouraging of any way I might want to express myself. At… — Susanna Fogel Copy Share Image
You don't write because someone sets assignments! You write because you need to write, or because you hope someone will listen or… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
No one can learn to love by following a manual, and no one can learn to write by following a course. I'm… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I have a preference for writing that deals with domestic issues; even in visual art, I like work that focuses on very… — Carol Windley Copy Share Image
It’s amazing how quickly something gets written. Now, when it comes, it can be on a bus, or in a store. I’ve… — William Goyen Copy Share Image
As a rule, I am very skeptical of tying books to anniversaries. I don't think readers care. I also feel that it… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
Writing is getting killed by too many chefs. Back in the Bogart days, it started with great scripts. You had a writer,… — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image
Why haven't we fixed sick yet? You scientists there-- put down those starfish and HELP us. I hereby demand that all the… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
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The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it… — Henry James Copy Share Image
I write differently from the way Glen used to. I haven't written very much lately, I mean, since I've been in the… — Sid Vicious Copy Share Image
[A comic book writers' union] will never happen. Someone will always be willing to write Batman for free. ... You sit at… — Matt Fraction Copy Share Image
To me the only real star of the movie is the writer. And I work with writers very closely, from outline to… — Dino De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
One of the nice things about being in a band is that you depend on each other for ideas, so it's not… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
I do believe that one's writing life needs to be kept separate from Po-Biz. Personally, I deal with this by not attending… — Cate Marvin Copy Share Image
Characters exist in a flat line until we challenge them - sometimes they challenge themselves, sometimes they're challenged by other people, by… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
The moral duty of the free writer is to begin his work at home: to be a critic of his own community,… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I spent 10 years in professional politics and eight writing comics, and so I look at it from both sides. I don't… — Andrew Aydin Copy Share Image
“Scattered across the Roman Empire, it was only natural for the gospel writers to distance themselves from the Jewish independence movement by… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
But there is no end to the praise of books, to the value of the library. Who shall estimate their influence on… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I wonder why people so commonly suppose that if two individuals are both writers they must therefore be hugely congenial," said Anne,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“As you never tire of stating, the only moral imperative for the writer, against which there is no recourse, is to return… — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
“Writers jealous of their individual style are obliged to wring the utmost effect from a tiny range of marks – which explains… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
Most of the writing that I do is a complete train of thought process. I'll just be walking down the street or… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
I try to write in the morning when I'm working on a novel. You get up, you have breakfast, you read the… — Carolyn See Copy Share Image
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Two kinds of reading can be distinguished. I call them reading like a reader and reading like a writer ... when you… — Frank Smith Copy Share Image
“The young man or woman writing today has forgotten the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A taciturn writer, for instance, might produce only one short poem every ten years, which is unlikely to annoy anyone, whereas someone… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
What I find is that many times when I work with chance, with indeterminacy, I am more open to experience, less prone… — Sergio Chejfec Copy Share Image
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![“[A comic book writers' union] will never happen. Someone will always be willing to write Batman for free. ... You sit at a bar with an editor at a show and you see 19 people come up and pitch ideas at them. If everybody writing the top 20 books all quit and demanded, 'Union now, union forever,'…” quote by Matt Fraction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/416/matt-fraction-20494_bars_a-comic-book-writers-union-will-never-ha_1232159.jpg)
