As a novelist, I mined my history, my family and my memory, but in a very specific way. Writing fiction, I never… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
I'd been writing sketches since high school, but 'Friends of the People' really taught me about structure - how to wait out… — Jermaine Fowler Copy Share Image
The cool thing about Kyle Killen, he writes really defined characters. I was a big fan of 'Awake' and also 'Lone Star.'… — Jaime Ray Newman Copy Share Image
I don't want to do only movies that I'm in. I definitely want to start to branch out and do TV and… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Tell me the truth about death. I don't know what it is. We have them, then they are gone but they stay… — Ellen Gilchrist Copy Share Image
Gavin DeGraw - his first record is the reason that I wanted to start writing music. The way that he says something… — Brett Young Copy Share Image
I often tell people who want to write historical fiction: don't read all that much about the period you're writing about; read… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
“We are all storytellers, and if we listen deeply and share honestly, we will find that wonderful feeling of community and wisdom… — Colette Baron Reid Copy Share Image
“After graduating, I'd moved to the Washington D.C. area to see what I could do with the skills I'd picked up from… — Jeff Deck Copy Share Image
Most shows, buying shows, have a standard fee for the first shot of the writer and if you have a very militant… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
Write your script. When you see things you don't want, don't think about them, write about them, talk about them, push against… — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
The competitions between fiction and nonfiction, short and long, electronic and paper, are not battles in which there can be only one… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
But suppose, asks the student of the professor, we follow all your structural rules for writing, what about that something else that… — Fannie Hurst Copy Share Image
OTT platforms have opened up a whole new area to explore in terms of content, writing, acting, everything. But I'm not really… — Deepti Naval Copy Share Image
That's why Tennessee Williams was a great writer. Poetically, dramatically, it was fantastic stuff. And with the landscape, the losers in life… — Ciaran Hinds Copy Share Image
I'm blessed in my good friends, and some of them happen to be writers, though that's almost never what our friendships are… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
I think it would be cool if you were writing a ransom note on your computer, if the paper clip popped up… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
All writing is by the grace of God. People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased with bad.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The reason I wouldn't dare to write a Western is simply because that seems to be so much a part of American… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I love the sound of words, the feel of them, the flow of them. I love the challenge of finding just that… — Lauren Willig Copy Share Image
I've had the idea since high school, of writing music just for voices, just a choir. I don't know if I'll ever… — Panda Bear Copy Share Image
As there are so many who talk prose without knowing it, or, again, who syllogize without having the least idea what a… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
We've had musical stuff in the show [South Park] forever. That's mostly because Trey's a big musical fan, and he's a great… — Matt Stone Copy Share Image
“Above all, readers want useful information, whether from a road sign or an investment guide. This motive is not completely absent even… — Alice W. Flaherty Copy Share Image
“The one plentiful herds of magazine writers would continue to be culled - by the Internet, by the recession, by the American… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I suppose most writers are following Twain's advice to tackle what they know, and my own readings habits drew me to writers… — Kevin Keck Copy Share Image
Shameless actually good since it gives a kind of freedom. We consider the old, functionless shame destructive. Today, if you have a… — Karl Ove Knausgard Copy Share Image
“As a writer, you often feel invisible. No one is waiting for what you are writing; life goes on as you sit… — James Morris Copy Share Image
I spend months, sometimes years, doing what I call dreamtime, weaving it together inside my head. But when I actually feel that… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When you make something, if you are a painter or a writer, a degree, or a sculptor or whatever or a musician,… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
The short version is that I started an internet diary a long, long time ago (six years!) because I was bored with… — Jason Mulgrew Copy Share Image
Guy Picciotto had a really sound point: Live albums basically have bands playing songs that are available on studio records, and what… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Part of the fun of writing, touring, teaching, is engaging with real people about all of it: what to do now, how… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
“He pointed at the paper. “I want you to write me a description of every foot you’ve put wrong since we met.… — J.A. Rock Copy Share Image
When I write and produce something, I know exactly how I want it to sound, and I have a very strong interpretation… — George Michael Copy Share Image
“I often think publishing a book is like doing a poo. Once it's ready for the world, you have to relinquish that… — H.O. Charles Copy Share Image
I cannot write about the past unless I go where history happened. Some make very good armchair historians, I'm not one of… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
Ever since high school I've been writing in a spiral notebook, in pencil. Everything looks too polished on a computer when you… — Lily King Copy Share Image