There's a bizarre prejudice that exists in the New York publishing establishment that any work outside the tri-state area is being done… — Kate Braverman Copy Share Image
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The angels laugh at old Karl. They laugh at him because he tries to grasp the truth about God in a book… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
Writing a film - more precisely, adapting a book into a film - is basically a relentless series of compromises. The skill,… — William Boyd Copy Share Image
If the biblical writers were writing today they might spell out some things more clearly, given how easily even Christians fall into… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want to do is satisfy the expectations of… — Joel Coen Copy Share Image
A friend came over to the house a few days ago and read one of my poems. He came back today and… — Richard Brautigan Copy Share Image
I stand before you as a writer without any ground of being out of which to write: really blown about from country… — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Copy Share Image
“The secret of being a writer: not to expect others to value what you've done as you value it. Not to expect… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I keep a journal. I like myself better when I just pour it out. It's easier sometimes, even if you write on… — Fergie Copy Share Image
My constant fear as a writer as that I will fail to convey the gravity of living. I know that to some… — Mark Powell Copy Share Image
In the final exam in the Chaucer course we were asked why he used certain verbal devices, certain adjectives, why he had… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“You, my reader, who see me close, wonder about my heartbeats and measure my words, you my close friend who know my… — Soar Soaring-Words.com Copy Share Image
I suppose it's possible that a writer would have feeling for his characters, but I can't see how, because writing is such… — John Banville Copy Share Image
Ancient art has a specific inner content. At one time, art possessed the same purpose that books do in our day, namely:… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
“XANDER: No one writes letters anymore. DRACULA: I do. With a quill pen and Higgins Eternal Ink in painstaking calligraphy. And what… — Nicholas Brendon Christos Gage Rebekah Isaacs Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
My favorite songwriting trick is writing something like 'XO.' In my brain, I thought, 'This is probably going to be a love… — Kelsea Ballerini Copy Share Image
I've always known that I've wanted to write, but I always saw myself doing that in the context of something other than… — Sarah Polley Copy Share Image
“If there’s a single idea I emphasize when people ask about writing, it’s that there’s no right way to produce a book.… — Charles Finch Copy Share Image
“Contemporary writers use animal-transformation themes to explore issues of gender, sexuality, race, culture, and the process of transformation...just as storytellers have done,… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I'll find acting satisfying creatively forever. If you get the good roles, it's great - if you have the… — Francois Arnaud Copy Share Image
The story of Judith. But one of the reasons I'm doing it is because the roles I've been writing for myself over… — Charles Busch Copy Share Image
It's not possible to advise a young writer because every young writer is so different. You might say, 'Read,' but a writer… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“Q: Do you have any advice for upcoming writers who want to pen weird stories? A: READ, damn it. Fill your brain… — T.E. Grau Copy Share Image
“To my mind, nothing is as important as good writing, because in literature, the walls between people and cultures are broken down,… — Richard Bausch Copy Share Image
I kind of dislike 'For Whom the Bell Tolls,' but most of Hemingway in general, mainly because his stylistic shenanigans ruined so… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
When I started out, I was a television writer, and we wrote a television show that was on live every week. And… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
The best training is to read and write, no matter what. Don't live with a lover or roommate who doesn't respect your… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
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I suppose 'Gladiator' could be a Western - if you were writing your review in Athens, that is! To be honest, we… — Russell Crowe Copy Share Image
“I wrote. I wrote all the things I couldn’t say to him. I wrote about how much I believed in us. I… — Kimberly Novosel Copy Share Image
“The important thing to remember about presenting this opening question is that it cannot be vague. Readers have to understand enough about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I love getting fan mail. Often, as a writer, you never know what your readers think of a book... you get critical… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
If the book is good, is about something that you know, and is truly written, and reading it over you see that… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
One of the pitfalls about writing about illness is that it is very easy to imagine people with cancer as either these… — John Green Copy Share Image
I'm not conscious of my own themes as I write first drafts, no, and in fact, I work hard to stay in… — Laurie Foos Copy Share Image
The important thing is not what we write but how we write, and in my opinion the modern writer must be an… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
The most remarkable discovery made by scientists is science itself. The discovery must be compared in importance with the invention of cave-painting… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
I am very much afraid that to the fiction writer the fact that we shall always have the poor with us is… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Interviewer ...In the case of "American Psycho" I felt there was something more than just this desire to inflict pain--or that Ellis… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
