I write drama in the English language. If I wasn't working in London I'd be doing something wrong. — William Monahan Copy Share Image
Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it. — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
I love writing prose. I really love writing prose. It's very pleasurable for me. — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
I never knew a writer yet whotook the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
When I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry. — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing. — Russell Banks Copy Share Image
“Writing is a form of running away. Running away to a place you made with your own hand.” — Y.K. Raikou Copy Share Image
I would go to work from 9 to 6, go home, nap for two hours, then write from 8 to 2 a.m. — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
When you're 16 you write about different things to when you're 21 and have fallen out of love and been on the… — Luke Hemmings Copy Share Image
I keep a composition book with me at all times to write rhymes, to write down ideas, write down my thoughts, you… — Cordae Copy Share Image
Reade was an emancipating writer because he seemed to speak as man to man to resolve history into an intelligible pattern in… — William Winwood Reade Copy Share Image
I feel that these stories are being written to articulate certain confusions and disappointments, and I do mean to shake up the… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
In terms of a "career," I never have long-term plans, and certainly don't want to spend several years, say, writing a "long"… — Scott Bradfield Copy Share Image
I am a little pencil in God's hands. He does the thinking. He does the writing. He does everything and sometimes it… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
“Anyone can write history. All it needs is memory. But to write a story you must have the power to dream.” — Rabisankar Bal Copy Share Image
I need - and occasionally love - to write for the same reasons I always did: hard as writing is, it's generally… — Jerry Stahl Copy Share Image
You must not fear, hold back, count or be a miser with your thoughts and feelings. It is also true that creation… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
I'm one of the few Black writers, or African American writers, who managed to work my way through the system so that… — James McBride Copy Share Image
Life is precious, so I ought to spend my days, you know, making sandwiches for homeless people and tending to the elderly… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Directing's the best part. Whenever I've directed something, there's this feeling of demand and focus that I like. And secondly, it means… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
“For a writer, it seems a help rather than a hindrance to be at least a little crazy. Who but a crazy… — Leland Dirks Copy Share Image
For me, writing time has always been precious, something I wait for and am eager for and make the best use of.… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Developing projects of my own and producing and writing and directing is something that's very interesting to me, but you know, one… — Tye Sheridan Copy Share Image
One of the cardinal sins in our country is profanity -- the taking of the name of the Lord in vain. Reverence… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
