I have discovered the most exciting, the most arduous literary form of all, the most difficult to master, the most pregnant in… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
My father believed in astrology. His astrologer had predicted that his daughter would become a writer someday. My father would nag me,… — Twinkle Khanna Copy Share Image
The one concession I've made as I've gotten older is that my children are now adults and they're in their twenties and… — Mary Jo Salter Copy Share Image
“The ideology of liberal humanism found expression in the earliest reviews of Hardy’s writing and remained a dominant force until the explosion… — Geoffrey Harvey Copy Share Image
It's been suggested that most women fail to write significantly because the female mind is viscerotonic, and occupied almost exclusively with the… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
By the time I was writing the second book, my life had changed rather dramatically, thanks to the intervention of television, and… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
I have met bright students in computer science who have never seen the source code of a large program. They may be… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
“I can certainly throw out some observation about the process of creating which may be of use. Firstly, it's the best &… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
People who use their erudition to write for a learned minority... don't seem to me favored by fortune but rather to be… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
Evidently, there are many great American writers. But sometimes it can feel as though American fiction is dominated by relatively linear narrative… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
In fact I wonder if I should bend my own rules a little and for the sake of writing a good song… — The Rocket Summer Copy Share Image
“he shewed himself so intimately acquainted with all the tenderest songs of the one poet, and all the impassioned descriptions of hopeless… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I used to feel that I spent too much of my time in my pajamas doing nothing, and I'd think 'in the… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
“People often ask me what advice I have for writers, and I reply that the most important responsibility I believe a writer… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
“The show doesn’t go on because it’s ready; it goes on because it’s 11:30. This is something Lorne [Michaels] has said often… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Stephen King reached out to me twenty-five years ago and taught me some valuable lessons. In return, I've tried to be generous… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
A writer with her work needs to be like a dog with a bone all the time. She needs to know where… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
One of the awful things about writing when you are a Christian is that for you the ultimate reality is the Incarnation,… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
“I achieved something I’d never achieved before in writing a lyric about myself which had no answer. It had a question about… — Christopher E. Young Copy Share Image
I'm a storyteller. I'm always willing to serve the story, a story I believe in, in whatever way is necessary. If I… — Danai Gurira Copy Share Image
A lot of new writers assume you have to know the where the story is going and that it flows out as… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The trouble with writing a book about yourself is that you can’t fool around. If you write about someone else, you can… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
Don't try to guess what sort of thing editors want to publish or what you think the country is in a mood… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
My earlier days were all about playing, writing songs and producing songs. In the early 90's my former wife, Marylata Elton, got… — Danny Jacob Copy Share Image
I started writing by doing small related things but not the thing itself, circling it and getting closer. I had no idea… — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
Initially it was so important for me to be credited as a producer, play all these instruments and be the sole writer… — Michelle Zauner Copy Share Image
I'm a little skeptical of so-called narco fiction, I have to say, though some writers I admire may have written some narco… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
“Though it's true that (dictionary-maker Samuel) Johnson sometimes seem to feel that the language was in decline, he didn't rail against it… — Robert Lane Greene Copy Share Image
We are herding the young in that direction so that they are not sitting still and contemplating, Goddamn it, a page of… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
I have so much joy in my life. I love my husband and kids so much. So much love. I'm also more… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
I had a meeting a while back with a big group of women - actors and producers and writers - who are… — Zawe Ashton Copy Share Image
As the 19th century teetered into the 20th, the clank of typewriter keys went from solo to symphony. They were the weapon… — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
“The academic and writer Sara Ahmed has written brilliantly about the idea of the feminist killjoy, and why it should be embraced… — Kira Cochrane Copy Share Image
“The fascination of [Joseph Conrad’s] writing lies in a singular blending of reality with romance – he paints a world of strange… — John Galsworthy Copy Share Image
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Editors can be stupid at times. They just ignore that author's intention. I always try to read unabridged editions, so much is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Prose is not to be read aloud but to oneself alone at night, and it is not quick as poetry but rather… — Henry Green Copy Share Image
They are always asking a writer why he does not write like somebody else, or a painter why he does not paint… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There's the movie you write, there's the movie you shoot and the movie you edit, and often, you find that you're getting… — Tate Taylor Copy Share Image
“A girl came in the cafe and sat by herself at a table near the window. She was very pretty with a… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
![“In fact I wonder if I should bend my own rules a little and for the sake of writing a good song it doesn't have to been so autobiographical, but that's a stupid rule to live by as some of my favourite artists' songs, they have a song that you think is about their life [which] probably even isn't…” quote by The Rocket Summer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f58/the-rocket-summer-37889_artist_in-fact-i-wonder-if-i-should-bend-my-own_2271989.jpg)
![“The show doesn’t go on because it’s ready; it goes on because it’s 11:30. This is something Lorne [Michaels] has said often about Saturday Night Live, but I think it’s a great lesson about not being too precious about your writing. You have to try your hardest to be at the top of your game and…” quote by Tina Fey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab3/tina-fey-484_perfectionism_the-show-doesn-t-go-on-because-it-s-read_553963.jpg)
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