Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
I write songs about real things... The subject dictates the mood and it goes from there, really. — John Mayall Copy Share Image
'Monty Python' and 'The Simpsons' have ruined comedy for writers for the rest of our lives. — Scott Adsit Copy Share Image
“Mine is not an obedient writing. I think that literature as any art has to be irreverent.” — Reinaldo Arenas Copy Share Image
I didn’t even know I could write music, but somehow Walt did. He tapped my hidden talents. — Xavier Atencio Copy Share Image
Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue... I once noticed Mary McCarthy ending a line of dialogue with "she… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
At one point, I wanted to be a wildlife photographer. I also love to travel, so maybe I'd do travel writing. — Nithya Menen Copy Share Image
I have written a great many stories and I still don't know how to go about it except to write it and… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
When I hear of the destruction of a species, I feel just as if all the works of some great writer have… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I have found it difficult, if not impossible,… — Dirk Benedict Copy Share Image
I don't listen to music when I write, but I do turn on appropriate music when I read portions of my manuscripts… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
“We writers are a crazy group. I can't think of any other profession where the actual work is deep within, uncomfortable, and… — C.J. Heck Copy Share Image
When someone writes a really nasty piece about me. I think they're generally untrue because I think I'm a nice person. — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
When you're writing, it's all up to you, and you don't have to make any compromises. And when you're directing, there's this… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
Sometimes I would write something that was so private, people would say, 'Make it more universal.' I never liked that idea. I… — Jane Wiedlin Copy Share Image
But most weeks I've gone through 12 books, maybe even 15 some weeks, depending on the length. So I go through my… — Maria Popova Copy Share Image
If you want to understand what it means to be afraid, what fear as experienced by human beings is, then your focus… — David Roochnik Copy Share Image
“Why Dream? Life is a difficult assignment. We are fragile creatures, expected to function at high rates of speed, and asked to… — Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy (SARK Copy Share Image
I knew when I was writing The Angel's Game that a lot of people would be upset that I didn't write Shadow… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
The way I write music for other artists is the same way I write music for myself. I'll pick up the guitar,… — Bibi Bourelly Copy Share Image
“Kathleen Norris, on the publication of her 78th book. 'All writing is difficult. The most you can hope for is a day… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
