Writers and reporters need to remind themselves they're not to be judged solely by the number of clicks or eyeballs on a… — Frank Bruni Copy Share Image
I'm writing about what's happening to me now. I mean, I had a hip replacement a couple of years ago. I have… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
“God exacted interest like a loanshark, you paid and kept paying and still He broke all yr bones, one Yom Kippur, at… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
I think a lot of creators are attracted to those toys they got to play with when they were young, and everyone… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
I'm writing all the time, really. It's become a little bit of a problem when I go home. Sometimes I should really… — Shawn Mendes Copy Share Image
I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
“The writer’s obsessions are twofold. First, communicate their thoughts onto paper with a great degree of precision in order accurately to express… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
The Puerto Ricans forming the ranks of the gallant 65th Infantry on the battlefields of Korea … are writing a brilliant record… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
A Manhattan lawyer who describes himself as "America's leading expert on the militia movement" writes that he hugged his three-year-old kid the… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
I started writing the song 'Lonely' in the Arndale food hall in Manchester when I was on my break from work. Anyone… — CMAT Copy Share Image
At the very beginning when I begin writing a poem I try not to think of the audience or anyone at all… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
I just think I'm a narcissist, really! I guess when I write albums, they take a huge amount of time out of… — Conor O'Brien Copy Share Image
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I wonder if books become in essence "files" if people wouldn't write them differently. I'm used to writing print books and I… — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
The desk thing is a problem for me. The ideal one would be vast and perfectly clear. Yet the bane of the… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
I was chastised for writing several obituaries for Malcolm X, exploring different aspects of his writing. One teacher in particular told me,… — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
“That’s what writers and artists and creators do, boy. Listen to the Void and try to hear dead folks’ thoughts. Feel their… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“But I can say that if you’re a writer who happens to be a woman, you’ll get a book cover that depicts… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
I think of you often. Especially in the evenings, when I am on the balcony and it’s too dark to write or… — Katherine Mansfield Copy Share Image
Like, your body has to get used to being in front of people. Like - and you have to be like -… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
I try to be very honest in my writing. It's amazing, though, to think that people are responding to what we do,… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
It's the way I feel about acting. That we are given clues by a writer about someone's essence or persona and it's… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
Many years ago I had two small children, and I wanted to be able to be home when they got home from… — Mary Kay Andrews Copy Share Image
“Europe’s earliest cookbook came from ancient Rome. In it, the writer Epicius described the recipes for dishes such as stuffed dormouse, and… — Marilyn Tolhurst Copy Share Image
“I answer that I try to write true stories but that at a given point the story becomes unbearable because of it’s… — Ágota Kristof Copy Share Image
When I get a script and do my work, and then show up on set and work, it's the same zone that… — Michael Marisi Ornstein Copy Share Image
I trust that a graduate student some day will write a doctoral essay on the influence of the Munich analogy on the… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
I never set out to write a book to change women's lives, to change history. It's like, 'Who, me?' Yes, me. I… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
“In our modern age, there are writers who have heaped scorn on the very idea of the primacy of story. I'd rather… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
New York has a thousand universes in it that don't always connect but we do all walk the same streets, hear the… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I wrote on the Grammys, and a few times for Garry Shandling when he was hosting. I couldn't have enjoyed those gigs… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
“Do you prefer fermented or distilled? This is a trick question. It doesn’t matter how much you like wine, because wine is… — Stuart Connelly Copy Share Image
You write for glory. You play for glory. There's an ambition to excel, isn't there, to be a star? To score more,… — James Salter Copy Share Image
The idea of two actors in a relationship can be explosive and scary, but the good thing is that he is also… — Jennifer Love Hewitt Copy Share Image
I'm used to writing fairy tales that can be somewhat dark, and the truth is that in fairy tales, romances are always… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
I think after doing Push and Shove and having it not be successful, I lost a lot of confidence. Songwriting, for me,… — Gwen Stefani Copy Share Image
I'm saying that the domain of poetry includes both oral & written forms, that poetry goes back to a pre-literate situation &… — Jerome Rothenberg Copy Share Image
Obviously, you take the risk to step over the line any time you do something where comedians interact with each other. Like… — Doug Benson Copy Share Image
When Mr. William Faraday sat down to write his memoirs after fifty-eight years of blameless inactivity he found the work of inscribing… — Margery Allingham Copy Share Image
Limited points of view let the writer dispense - and the reader gather - information from various corners of the story. It… — Jonathan Evison Copy Share Image
