There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject's sake, and those who write for writing's… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
When I started out playing guitar and singing, I was about twelve, going on thirteen. The role models for me back then… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
Writing is powerful. Whether it's a little girl hiding from the Nazis in an attic, or Amnesty International writing letters on behalf… — Erin Gruwell Copy Share Image
I can see that "reap" and "deep," "prayers" and "bears," . . . do rhyme, and so I suppose it is a… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
Writing a novel - unlike operating a piece of heavy machinery, say, or cooking a chicken - is not a skill that… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
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Making fiction for children, making books for children, isn't something you do for money. It's something you do because what children read… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I've just finished a series of Olivia Manning novels. She's best known for two trilogies: Balkan Trilogy and Levant Trilogy. The six… — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
I see so many talented writers of color struggling to get their work out to an audience. I know that's the case… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I would start by writing to an adult, maybe a high school teacher, or maybe an aunt or uncle, and writing and… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
A Western writer came up to me and said, how come nobody at this demonstration spoke of German unity? I told him,… — Stefan Heym Copy Share Image
Those whimpering Stateside young people will wake up on the Day of Judgment condemned to worse fates than these demon-fearing Indians, because,… — Jim Elliot Copy Share Image
When I finish writing a rap verse. It's a lot like sex: You start off slow with ideas, like foreplay, and then… — Drake Copy Share Image
He [Uncle Vernon] held up the envelope in which Mrs. Weasley’s letter had come, and Harry had to fight down a laugh.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm always tempted in the back of my mind to continue to write things in the Star Trek universe, in the novels… — Ronald D. Moore Copy Share Image
A lot of writers fall in love with their sentences or their construction of sentences, and sometimes that's great, but not everybody… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
As far as working with Kanye and Solange, that was amazing. After 'Swing Lo Magellan', I needed a change. Getting to work… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
“I personally think that what the big (writers) have in common is a fierce moral sensibility, which is unquenchable and they are… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
The Iraq War is the first war in history, in which there were huge demonstrations before the war was launched, not beginning… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We live in a society that is in transition from oral to written. There are oral stories that are still there, not… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
When a writer calls his work a Romance, it need hardly be observed that he wishes to claim a certain latitude, both… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I see caring for somebody as a creative outlet. I like drawing little faces and writing little stories and hiding them in… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
In TV writing, Armando Iannucci's satire 'The Thick of It' is brilliant - equal parts hysterically funny, terrifyingly believable, and Oh-my-God-I-can't-believe-he-actually-said-that -… — Tana French Copy Share Image
My advice for aspiring writers is threefold.First, read as much as possible, both within and outside the genre you arem working in.… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Whether it's a letter, song lyrics, part of a novel, or instructions on how to fix a kitchen sink, it's writing. You… — Jimmy Buffett Copy Share Image
The first splurge of creativity is kind of free, and the last 30 percent is painstakingly hard work, but it's good to… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
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I actually started trying to be a professional writer with novels, and I wrote two that exist and are around... kind of.… — Charles Soule Copy Share Image
I had some bad jobs when I was young. Writing is not one of them. If you're fortunate enough to reach my… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
In books, you can just wallow in dialogue, and you can just wallow in written words. In screenplays, every line has to… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
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I read a lot of social history. If I'm in an art gallery and a picture intrigues me, I immediately write down… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I have observed that male writers tend to get asked what they think and women what they feel. In my experience, and… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
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“Mr. Robertson Davies has also suggested in his Deptford Trilogy that the same great truism which applies to writing, painting, picking horses… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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So we have a choice to make. We can once again let Washington's bad habits stand in the way of progress. Or… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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