Because I'm a Christian, when I write things are going to have a certain flavor. When you're writing songs you try to… — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
Everything brought forward in favor of Socialism during the last hundred years, in thousands of writings and speeches, all the blood which… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
I started to write in about 1950; I was thirty-five at the time; there didn't seem to be any strong motivation. I… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
I like to know the places I write about. I feel like it helps me ground the novel. My novels are 'realistic… — John Green Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I really wanted to be a writer and an artist when I grew up. So in college,… — Caterina Fake Copy Share Image
When I was 13, I thought I was pretty hot stuff because I knew BASIC programming, self-taught on the family's Commodore 64.… — Walter O'Brien Copy Share Image
There are many aspects of time we just do not understand. That’s the thing about writing a popular book: You realize the… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
She was sitting cross-legged on her bed in her white kimono, writing in a notebook with an ink pen she dipped in… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
“The unconscious does not coo sweet lyrics or unroll immaculate and measured prose, it howls and raves like the shackled and tortured… — Nick Land Copy Share Image
Possibly because I earn my living as a writer of fiction and possibly because it's just the sensible thing to do, I… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration ... and in the end coming to despise truth itself… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“Critical personal writing enables the author to penetrate mental falsities that imprison him or her in fearfulness, bitterness, and jealously and encompass… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Stephen King, by far, is the standard-bearer. I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
I'm not aware of a cadence when writing, but I hear it after. I write in longhand, and that helps. You're closer… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
Still photographs are the most powerful weapons in the world. Words and pictures have a continuing struggle for primacy. In my mind,… — Eddie Adams Copy Share Image
There's not much you can do about time - it just keeps on passing. But experience? Don't tell me that. I'm not… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I always talk to young writers about when you make art in your room, you make art. And when you send it… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
I usually base my characters on composites of people I know. One trumpet player in SIDE MAN is really a mix of… — Warren Leight Copy Share Image
The main differences between contemporary English and American literature is that the baleful pseudo-professionalism imparted by all those crap M.F.A. writing programs… — Will Self Copy Share Image
“Dear 2600: …So, in the interest of information gathering and because I am a subscriber, are you going to be checking me… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I’m 100% certain of the quality of story I’m writing until I finish the outline and actually begin to write. At this… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you really want to know about the future, don't ask a technologist, a scientist, a physicist. No! Don't ask somebody who's… — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
“As sci-fi writer Theodore Sturgeon said, 90 percent of everything is crap. But science fiction has not been forgiven for its crap.… — David Brin Copy Share Image
As a rule, I think people in L.A. are interested in any writer who brings a different skill set and experiences. There's… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting. I actually tend… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
“Step back and scrutinize your work, to delve deep into the meaning behind the words, it will get both easier in some… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
We need to step up our teaching so that our youth do more on their own to understand the doctrines of Christ… — Bonnie L. Oscarson Copy Share Image
I can write a song and a thousand people could hear it and there will be countless different reasons why those people… — Chuck Ragan Copy Share Image
Went up from my feet to my head, With little chills after it stealing- And my hands got as numb as the… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
“Writers are tough sons-of-bitches. It’s hard enough to write a book. Then you have to wade into this street fight we call… — Michael Schmicker Copy Share Image
There's the public self that we present to the outer world. There's the private self, which maybe takes more time to access.… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
Lists help us manage the chaos of our lives—to impose order, if only for a moment. Writing a list clears the mind.… — Sasha Cagen Copy Share Image
If you don't put 99 percent of yourself into the writing, there will be no publishing career. There's the writer and there's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I never write a tune before the lyrics. I get the lyrics and then I write around them. Some people write music… — James Dean Bradfield Copy Share Image
What a crippling art writing is, no body to it, no craft, really. It's all in the mind and you never see… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I'm not disciplined in terms of scheduling. I work best late at night, but I can't do that when I'm on a… — Nick Antosca Copy Share Image
In seventh grade I had a magical teacher, her name was Mrs. Fried. She wore only pink, she drove a pink Mustang,… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I've got a lot of songs about having fun and partying, but it's a lot of work. Sometimes, I make 50 songs… — Juicy J Copy Share Image
I don't think about what I can't do or what I shouldn't be doing. I just think there are endless possibilities musically,… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
“Ho there, scribe. I see that you write well enough. Can you also read?' 'Obviously you cannot, boy,' he replied. 'For if… — Theresa Breslin Copy Share Image
