If you want to be a writer in the world you really have to sit down and say, 'Why do I want… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
I found my God in music and the arts, with writers like Hermann Hesse, and musicians like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
It is very hard to be brave," said Piglet, sniffing slightly, "when you're only a Very Small Animal." Rabbit, who had begun… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
I wanted to write something that was very entertaining to read. The hardest part of this novel [The Yoga of Max's Discontent]… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
Well I actually do have a country house in Connecticut with a population of 3,000. Like, how small is that? I spend… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
I don't know about other writers, but for myself, to write I must be relatively quiet - it's very difficult to write… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
The writer Denise Chávez comments on poor food and what you associate with luxury food items. In fact, she wrote a whole… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I love puppies, and I love animals in general. Besides that, I do martial arts: extreme martial arts. I also play real… — Cameron Monaghan Copy Share Image
“Keep your head down, fingers on the computer and write. Ignore the naysayers, the skeptics, the friends, church patrons or family members… — Sarah Gerdes Copy Share Image
I feel like there are a lot of artists that you could put together that you love, but it doesn't necessarily mean… — Yukimi Nagano Copy Share Image
I wanted to write; I sought all possible paths of personal liberation, but I could never sacrifice a living instant of life… — Nina Berberova Copy Share Image
Well, I wanted to be a philosopher, which is the idlest occupation in the world. I wanted to be involved in abstract… — Will Self Copy Share Image
I would show my jobs to my mother, and she would always say the same thing: "That's nice dear". And then she… — Brian Webb Copy Share Image
“Writing is about making choices, Miss Dovecott says. One word or phrase or title over another. So many options that they're almost… — Jenny Hubbard Copy Share Image
So long as the Constitution is not amended beyond recognition, so long as elections are held regularly and fairly and the ethos… — Ramachandra Guha Copy Share Image
I don't want to write things that people don't want to read. I would have no pleasure in producing something that sold… — Emily Rodda Copy Share Image
The way I felt growing up, which was like an outcast - I was weird, I was a nerd, I read fantasy… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
Passion is so contagious. When you're working on a project where people care, on every level, from the key grips to the… — Seth Gabel Copy Share Image
I was teaching myself notes from three and then by seven I'd figured out how to play some chords, and at school… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
Left ear, I wear four earrings. The four is symbolic of the four seasons, spring, winter, summer and fall, the four directions,… — Mr. T Copy Share Image
I have become very critical of the whole book award system and could preach on that subject for quite a while, but… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“Academics identified by their peers as stylish writers for other reasons—their intelligence, humor, personal voice, or descriptive power—are invariably sticklers for well-crafted… — Helen Sword Copy Share Image
That's cool your dutghaer likes to write. My dutghaer wants to be a scientist. She likes to read when she finds books… — Nany Copy Share Image
Maybe you could be a great writer - maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper -… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Writing a story starts out as a puzzle in your mind, of "What is it I'm fantasizing about right now that makes… — Andrew Bujalski Copy Share Image
I live here among the ignorant like a lost man in fact like one whom the rest seems careless of having anything… — John Clare Copy Share Image
What is line? It is life. A line must live at each point along its course in such a way that the… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
“Dear Mr. Snicket, I would like to be a writer when I grow up, but my dad wants me to be a… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
I’m not a woman you bring home to Mother, pick out china patterns with, or Mary forefend, breed. I’ve seen a chunk… — Ann Aguirre Copy Share Image
I think there are some songwriters who are just brilliant who can write and then I think there are some songwriters who… — Charles King Copy Share Image
“Be a complex person. The more ways you define yourself, the less vulnerable you are to setbacks in any area. If you’re… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is time for us to take off our masks, to step out from behind our personas - whatever they might be:… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
I burned out my drawing hand by using it too much. The common word for it is writer's cramp. The fancy words… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
Each reader reads only what is already within himself. The book is only a sort of optical instrument which the writer offers… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
I do bring my teaching together with my writing. I make students write in class, and do the same prompts I give… — Allison Joseph Copy Share Image
That’s why you have to write your book right now, if that’s what you want to do. If you wait until you… — Stephen Elliott Copy Share Image
As a writer, it's a great narrative tool to have that character who is slightly detached but at the same time observant… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
“Writing a part with the talents of a particular actor in mind is the method most likely to result in ephemeral plays:… — Alfred Jarry Copy Share Image
“Every Monday, we have to write about what we did at the weekend.” It didn’t appear that her mother understood the agony… — Jane Davis Copy Share Image
Ewan McGregor is a very genial and entertaining man, and Pierce Brosnan is possibly the nicest man in the world. Actually, it… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image