I try not to cover Sudan from afar. I feel really uncomfortable writing about Sudan when I'm not there. It always looks… — Rebecca Hamilton Copy Share Image
The minute I landed back in Alaska, it was back to hip boots and fish guts. This cultural flipping wasn't easy -… — Leigh Newman Copy Share Image
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More and more, I play myself, as I get older. Even as a writer, I never got typecast. I've always bounced from… — Jim Piddock Copy Share Image
I had always been interested in screenwriting, ever since I could write things down as a child. Obviously, I started as an… — John Francis Daley Copy Share Image
I'd like to write about whatever is going on with me at that point of time or situations I'm - which I'm… — William Singe Copy Share Image
A lot of the songs on '2' are pretty personal, but even if I'm writing about something like that, I still tend… — Mac DeMarco Copy Share Image
I jog in the morning and then write for about two hours. There are times when I'm really excited and can't wait… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
To Grandma, for being my first editor and giving me the best writing advice I’ve ever received: “Christopher, I think you should… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
Whatever else may be thought of the evidence from early Jewish and Gentile writers it does at least establish, for those who… — F. F. Bruce Copy Share Image
People don't live their lives in a series of scenes that form a dramatic narrative, they don't speak in dialogue, they're not… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
“The difference between wanting to write and having written is one year of hard, relentless labour. It's a bridge you have to… — Shatrujeet Nath Copy Share Image
Like anything else that happens on its own, the act of writing is beyond currency. Money is great stuff to have, but… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I think the writers of 'Community' have moved on from my character. I'm pretty sure. I would love to go back on.… — Eliza Coupe Copy Share Image
“The words of his various writing instructors and professional mentors over the years came back to him at times like these, and… — Vincent H. O'Neil Copy Share Image
I started with CB radio, ham radio, and eventually went into computers. And I was just fascinated with it. And back then,… — Kevin Mitnick Copy Share Image
“This is your moment now. Go for it. LIVE. Choose to be happy. Choose the life you always wanted. Never settle for… — Happy Positivity Copy Share Image
If you look at iPod, iPod wasn't viewed as a success, but today it's viewed as an overnight success. The iPhone was… — Tim Cook Copy Share Image
Somebody said, "Well, you're going to write your definitive book about your life, biography." No, I'm not. I haven't done that. I… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
When I was writing the Destiny's Child songs, it was a big thing to be that young and taking control. And the… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
“We don't read and write poetry because it is cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human… — Tom Schulman Copy Share Image
Sometimes I eavesdrop on people. I could rationalize it - oh, this is good anthropological research for characters I'm writing - but… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
When I was younger I used to get my best writing done at night, but now it has to be during the… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
I was writing short films and I was going through this really, really, really terrible end of a relationship that I didn't… — Evan Glodell Copy Share Image
I never question the way I write. Writing is the only thing that's without seams for me. It's an effort to talk… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
People I know who succeed don't mind working. Those who are competent seem to like doing things well -- not stopping because… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
“Suppose a would-be writer can't begin? I really believe there are many excellent writers who have never written because they never could… — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
Don't be didactic - don't write about poverty. Write about poor people. When you dramatize their lives and let life and characters… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
I don't even subscribe to writer's block being a truthful thing. I've had writer's laziness quite often. But I think it's all… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I love to write, so I think writing would be the next natural step. And if I'm making something that I'm writing,… — Cameron Monaghan Copy Share Image
“Whether the vessel is a legal document or a rap song, language is often chosen ot exclude. To use a scholarly phrase,… — Roy Peter Clark Copy Share Image
There were musicians that influenced me, but they weren't all women. Teena Marie was a big influence because she wrote and produced… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
The writer by nature of his profession is a dreamer and a conscious dreamer. He must imagine, and imagination takes humility, love… — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families--second families, perhaps… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I'm never going to be a Tom Clancy. And I wouldn't really want to be - not that I have anything against… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Diablo Cody wasn't writing a script about a 16-year girl that got an abortion. She was writing a script about a 16-year… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
The best time to tell your story is when you have to tell your story. When it's not really a choice. But… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
I have a structured songwriting process. I start with the music and try to come up with musical ideas, then the melody,… — John Legend Copy Share Image
“Mailer famously labeled writing the spooky art. He was right. There's a lot of frontal lobe blather, a lot of pencil-sharpening and… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
I'm a working writer; this is my job. So it matters to me that it's good. I sweat over every word. I… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
