“To my mind, the most important thing in any form of fiction is the human element, but only if it takes us… — Graham Worthington Copy Share Image
That is as true for fiction or non-fiction. The writer has to really know their subject. It is really important to remember… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
I didn't know if it would be a successful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“so thanks for supplying all the inspiration.” “But think of everything you came up with all on your own,” she said. “You… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
A lot of people will tell you the first step to starting something new is to have an idea. But to me… — Linda Rottenberg Copy Share Image
The writer who refuses to explore the darker regions of the heart will never be able to write convincingly about the wonder,… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a herd of… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
Particularly as a writer, it is my job to ignore social critics, or the response that social critics might have when it… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
Writing fiction, for me, is a more indirect form of self-exploration than writing verse. When I'm working on a novel I'm moving… — Nick Laird Copy Share Image
I had an erroneous idea that writing a duology would be simpler than writing a trilogy because I would get to cut… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
There was one person who greatly and directly benefited my career--my agent Virginia Kidd. From 1968 to the late nineties she represented… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
As a young boy, I read 'Cheaper by the Dozen' and immediately became neurotic about my use of time. It taxed me… — Ridley Pearson Copy Share Image
Part of my writing style can be attributed to my mother's impatience with comedy, because whenever I told her a story she… — Patricia Marx Copy Share Image
I think I succeeded as a writer because I did not come out of an English department. I used to write in… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Oh, I just tend to believe in things when I'm writing them. For instance, when I was writing 'Doctor Dee,' I believed… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
Christina Baker Kline writes exquisitely about two unlikely friends—one, a 91-year-old survivor of the grinding poverty of rural Ireland, immigrant New York… — Cathy Marie Buchanan Copy Share Image
With a song, it only takes a couple of minutes to go back to the beginning and try it again to see… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
Tegus, I'm leaving this book behind for you, so you will know the why of it all, and maybe you'll forgive me,… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
No one is making extraordinary things alone. They might be alone in their bedroom while they're recording or writing, but they didn't… — Kelela Copy Share Image
Acting is a general thing; it's not like being a primary artist like a painter or writer which stands the test of… — Tom Hollander Copy Share Image
I think it's significantly easier to be a female writer today than in the early 1800's. That said, it's hard to imagine… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Kids who are least impressive in my class are the ones who only listen to one kind of music. They only listen… — Andy Wilkinson Copy Share Image
It's rare that I'm not at work on some sort of craft project. I've often enthused about the need to make things;… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“I first got into writing because I got involved in the production of a magazine for army wives. They were short of… — Catherine Jones Copy Share Image
The world is full of CEOs that think that just because they write a memo or they write a letter inside an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We all have a lot of people inside us, yet we get to live only one life. Fiction lets us slip into… — Steven Saylor Copy Share Image
I'm inspired as a writer by any place where I've lived for a significant amount of time that have memories, my past,… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
I think that when you're writing plays, and I think it's also true with novels, it helps to have an ear for… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
About Archimedes one remembers that he did strange things: he ran around naked shouting 'Heureka!', plunged crowns into water, drew geometric figures… — Lucio Russo Copy Share Image
“There is this quality esteemed within every good writer. She knows…she knows that truth must be un-sheltered within every human transition phase… — Dew Platt Copy Share Image
After Memory Keepers Daughter, it took me a few months to shut out the world. I really had to turn off the… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
I decided to write a crime novel. That genre was at the height of its popularity in Poland, so I thought it… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
Music is the highest art form.I still think that. I wish I was really talented in music because then I would be… — Johan Renck Copy Share Image
I always ask young writers, 'Are you certain you want to be a writer? If you're absolutely sure, then do it.' If… — Herbert Gold Copy Share Image
I binge-watched this show Damages. Glenn Close and Rose Byrne are so good. Lily Tomlin is in it. You see all these… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
These days, I find I'm applying a little more patience to my process. If I look back on my work, I can… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
I believe that everybody needs to tell their story - to be heard, to be seen, to be acknowledged, to be understood.… — Shakti Gawain Copy Share Image
“What is the greatest reward a writer can have? Isn't it that day when someone rushes up to you, his face bursting… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“With a writer's eye, Irving detected Jackson's depths. "As his admirers say, he is truly an old Roman-to which I would add,… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
