I had literary interests my whole life. I decided at the age of five I was going to be a writer. So… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
I wrote Baghdad Central right after translating a great work by Ibrahim al-Koni, who is sort of a master of Arab fiction.… — Elliott Colla Copy Share Image
I love teaching poetry writing. Students come into the class thinking poetry has to be one way, then leave having created pieces… — Cate Marvin Copy Share Image
Beyond any role that I ever had, really early on as a stand-up, I would see actors decide to try it and… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
Entertain, yes. That goes without saying. But a good writer does that automatically, it's built into the machine. Telling a thumpingly good,… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
I quickly realized that I enjoyed editing more than writing. I felt more suited to it and it fit my nurturing personality.… — Lynn Povich Copy Share Image
Write. Remember, people may keep you (or me) from being a published author but no one can stop you from being a… — Katherine Neville Copy Share Image
The writers job is to get naked, To hide nothing. To look away from nothing. To look at it. To not blink.… — Harry Crews Copy Share Image
“You alone own your story. Do not let another tell it, and if you find yourself in the company of one determined… — Jeanette LeBlanc Copy Share Image
I almost always write everything the way it comes out, except I tend much more to take things out rather than put… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
One has to work very carefully with what is in between the words. What is not said. Which is measure, which is… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I have been singing since I was two years old, my parents tell me, and started to write songs when I was… — Lene Marlin Copy Share Image
My husband, Andrius, says that evil will rule until good men or women choose to act. I believe him. This testimony was… — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
I feel like the writers that I'm drawn to, the writers that I really cling to, are the writers who seem to… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
Brendan O’Meara’s Six Weeks in Saratoga is a victory to be savored by those who treasure good writing in general and tales… — Madeleine Blais Copy Share Image
I think we need a superhero in India that needs a great amount of writing and character behind it. if someone manages… — Sidharth Malhotra Copy Share Image
During the years 1945-1965 (I am referring to Europe), there was a certain way of thinking correctly, a certain style of politicaldiscourse,… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
In my opinion, one of the biggest drawbacks about Sergio Leone films are the scores composed by Ennio Morricone. If [Leone] were… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
Not one piece of evidence has ever been found to support the Book of Mormon-not a trace of the large cities it… — Dave Hunt Copy Share Image
Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Normal, day-to-day things inspire you to write. I try to travel and chill, and go out and enjoy the outdoors. That makes… — Prince Royce Copy Share Image
To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is the best method of enabling the mind… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Building out a professional profile on LinkedIn certainly makes sense, and bolstering that CV with intelligent pieces of writing is also a… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
Although teachers do care and do work very, very hard, the institution is psychopathic-it has no conscience. It rings a bell and… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
I like writing dialog but don't think I'd be much good at a screenplay. I once had to write a treatment for… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
“Look at all the Eastern writers who've written great Western literature. Kazuo Ishiguro. You'd never guess that The Remains of the Day… — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
I would never want to write a character who was not thoroughly herself or himself. She's a very specific creature in my… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
Life is too precious to be spent in this weaving and unweaving of false impressions, and it is better to live quietly… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I think rap music is rap music. I mean, are there heavy writing aspects of it? Absolutely. In a sense, is it… — Earl Sweatshirt Copy Share Image
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“Besides being a writer, I experienced seven other careers/jobs along the years: photographer, model, fashion stylist, DJ, design shop assistant, waitress, cook,… — Ioana Cristina Casapu Copy Share Image
The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing multiple explanations for everything. If you do… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I remember, when I was writing 'Traffic,' talking to top federal drug-enforcement officials and having them say they read it and found… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
We don't think about how the songs are going to translate so much during the writing process. Once the song is recorded,… — Tad Kubler Copy Share Image
Well, I'm at some kind of crossroads in my life and I don't know which way to take. It's not about money,… — Helen Garner Copy Share Image
Please God, I hope my experience in downtown theater isn't over, because I'd love to keep making weird plays. I can't wait… — Elizabeth Meriwether Copy Share Image
I didn't quite know whether I was writing for the non-Muslim or the Muslim, and at the end of the day I'm… — Sadakat Kadri Copy Share Image
Some people manage their writing by saying, 'I need to get 2,000 words written today,' others by saying, 'I will write for… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
Since then, I have just read and read - but, that said, I suppose there is a raft of writers to whom… — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
Writing is like bricklaying; you put down one word after another. Sometimes the wall goes up straight and true and sometimes it… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
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