When I was a kid, we had this great advantage of there being no YA books. You read kid books and then… — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
Writing about real stuff that really concerned me brought out my craft. If you're writing a story about, 'Is Lois Lane gonna… — Dennis O'Neil Copy Share Image
I don't know what Douglas Coupland thinks about his writing. I've read maybe one page of one of his books and didn't… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
It's not healthy to obsess over every data point, every review or reader comment. I think the first few times you see… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“Some people have a lot of time, but no money-- It's because they don't work hard enough. Some people have a lot… — Bob Sharpe Copy Share Image
“Moreover, people invariably take a greater interest in the suffering of others than in their well-being. Hence writers must constantly fight against… — Minae Mizumura Copy Share Image
One of the more morbid parts of the journalism business is the process of writing obituaries. Oftentimes, for older celebrities or historic… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
I like the hip writers: Fitzgerald, the guy who committed suicide, Hemingway, all those guys. Some of them were alcoholics and drug… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
I feel like a lot of time my writing is like having about twenty boxes of Christmas decorations. But no tree. You're… — Carolyn Chute Copy Share Image
Language doesn't belong to grammarians, linguists, wordsmiths, writers, or editors. It belongs to the people who use it. It goes where people… — Rosalie Maggio Copy Share Image
If nobody is looking for a story, and I have no reason to write a story, I would really much rather to… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I, for one, find writing excruciating. Some mornings, as I'm on my way to my desk, my hands actually tremble with fear.… — Rosemary Mahoney Copy Share Image
“There are thousands of talented writers at work in America, and only a few of them (I think the number might be… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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“Sound is so important to creative writing. Think of the sounds you hear that you include and the similes you use to… — Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Copy Share Image
If you're going to make work and you're going to write and you're going to put yourself out there and perform, you… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
You can get away with breaking all of the other rules at least once in a while, but you can't get away… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
One of the biggest, and possibly the biggest, obstacle to becoming a writer... is learning to live with the fact that the… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
Thinking in prose is different. I gained an immense amount of respect for people who write prose, and also felt even more… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
It's a tough time for screenwriters right now, because fewer movies are getting made. I'm enjoying television so much. It offers opportunities… — Callie Khouri Copy Share Image
I'm really proud of the album. It's something I always wanted to do but I had to wait until I was ready.… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
“Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed? Can the writer… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
A writer of story books! What kind of business in life-what mode of glorifying God, or being serviceable to mankind in his… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“It's very important to write things down instantly, or you can lose the way you were thinking out a line. I have… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
The only person stopping you from doing something is yourself, and looking for excuses all the time just gets in the way… — Chrissie Hynde Copy Share Image
That is my essential reason for writing, not for fame, not to be celebrated after death, but to heighten and create life… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
The writing has been on the wall for some years now, but we are a nation illiterate in the language of the… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I remember reading To Kill A Mockingbird when I was 12. What I liked about it is that it was all seen… — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
I'm mostly inspired by relationships and things that are going on in my everyday life. It's hard for me to write songs… — Meiko Copy Share Image
I think at places like 'Slate' or the magazine where I work, there was a really poor record of hiring African-American writers.… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
For me it came from the material. It was so well written and brought the opportunity to work with great actors. And… — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
“A deadline is, simply put, optimism in its most kick-ass form. It's a potent force that, when wielded with respect, will level… — Chris Baty Copy Share Image
Writers today must navigate the shifting verbal currents of the post-Gutenberg era. When does jargon end and a new vernacular begin? Where's… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
My best experience as a writer was working with Michael Ondaatje. He let me dismantle his novel, reimagine it, and still had… — Anthony Copy Share Image
“Younger people could dredge up an impressive number of dark words to express their pain. As writers got older and older, their… — James W. Pennebaker Copy Share Image
The thing is, when you're kind of creatively self-employed, your brain just kind of chooses the path of least resistance, so if… — Owen Pallett Copy Share Image
We also write to heighten our own awareness of life... We write to taste life twice, in the moment, and in retrospection...… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
I began conducting when I was in school, around age 12, because I was writing little theater pieces and wanted to perform… — George Benjamin Copy Share Image
I found the success of 'In a Dark, Dark Wood' really distracting when I was writing 'The Woman in Cabin 10,' but… — Ruth Ware Copy Share Image
I really don't know what exactly all the songs mean. Sometimes other people have meanings and when I hear them I think,… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
