I've never conceptualized much of what I write about. Maybe, once I'm onto something, I'll conceptualize a finished record. I want the… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Part of my problem as a young writer was that I was too much a New Yorker, always second-guessing the 'market.' I… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
We had met with Ben Stiller here in LA when I was shooting The Ring and he was doing Meet The Fockers… — Naomi Watts Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I did do some writing of poetry, somewhat inspired, I think at that time, by Carl Sandburg,… — Lisel Mueller Copy Share Image
I'm excited about silver because as I write, it's relatively inexpensive. I'm also excited about silver because -- unlike real estate, which… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
“I left my prestigious “mainstream” job and became what I had always wanted to be—a writer, a nightguard, a gas-stoker, a public… — Mikhail Iossel Copy Share Image
Now I don't drink, and I get up in the morning and I write in my diary, and I can write in… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“Our job, then, is two-fold: to focus on our own failings as writers. But also to speak more forcefully as advocates for… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
“… writing is always some form of interpretation, some form of translating the specificity of one’s roots or expertise or even one’s… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“I think it's an indulgence to [write] the other [non-linear] way. I think it's a kind of cowardice. There are places in… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
Anyone buying this book is going to be out a tidy sum if he is sucked in by the title. I wish… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
It's really exciting and also it makes me nervous, because I'm like, "Well, I figured out how to perform this episode, but… — Judy Greer Copy Share Image
Men of strong minds and who think for themselves, should not be discouraged on finding occasionally that some of their best ideas… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The song writing is different because with this stuff, I write it on my own and with Hot Water, we're more of… — Chuck Ragan Copy Share Image
“In most books, the I, or first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
One of the things I particularly enjoyed doing was taking raw sound from locations during the film, like the candy machine, and… — Fred Frith Copy Share Image
Tulips come up in spring for no reason. Of course, you planted bulbs and now in April the earth warms up. But… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
I improvise whenever I feel it's important, or whenever I think that something's there. It's nice to have a script that's so… — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
Most English writers are not interested in change but in the social novel. That demands a static backdrop. I'm intensely interested in… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
Two things happened. The creative side of my career was harmed. When I'd sit down and write under the influence of coke,… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“Change lives through art maybe. Write beautifully. Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
The way that 'Vampire' was born was over a lunch. We got asked to do the show. A week later, we were… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child… My hemmings and hawings over… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
The very power of [textbook writers] depends on the fact that they are dealing with a boy: a boy who thinks he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ewan McGregor and I said this to each other after we saw The Ghost Writer. Every time Roman Polanski did a "No,… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
Things we write down are the fragments shored against our ruins. They outlast us, these scraps of words on paper. Like the… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
“The book was sloppily written in many parts (the words came too quickly and too easily) and there was hardly a noun… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
It's not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our parents created an accidental Petri dish. My family has… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I write songs about love because, above all, love is the most human thing we have together. Feelings are a part of… — Yuna Copy Share Image
“From ... the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew up I should be a writer. ... I… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
As I write in the book, I do not regret either of my votes for President [Barack] Obama, nor my support of… — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
I just think of myself as a writer. Yes, I'm a woman. And I'm a writer. The main challenge is that I… — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
Don’t underestimate this gift of finding a place in the writing world: if you really work at describing creatively on paper the… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Before computers were everywhere I used record books, the old-fashioned way. I loved to cram, and I still love to cram, anything… — Steve Bunce Copy Share Image
The really successful work in England tends to be working-class writers telling working-class stories. The film industry has been slow to wake… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to entertain people, and when I was in school, I was interested in creative writing, but wrestling was always… — AJ Lee Copy Share Image
My highest compliment is when someone comes up to me to say, "My 14-year-old daughter, or my 12-year-old son read your book… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
I came to writing mysteries through poetry and still think that a well-constructed mystery is very much like a well-constructed sonnet. Both… — Margaret Maron Copy Share Image
I go into a gallery or museum, and I realize that I don't have to formulate any opinions if I don't want… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
If you want to write about people, you can make it up. But if you spend time talking to someone and examining… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
![“I think it's an indulgence to [write] the other [non-linear] way. I think it's a kind of cowardice. There are places in anyone's books that are going to be easier than other parts. And if when you come to a part that's difficult and think, 'Hm, I'll skip that,' all you're doing is lining up these…” quote by Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/clive-barker-773_big-book_i-think-it-s-an-indulgence-to-write-the_3031826.png)
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