Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats. — George Takei Copy Share Image
Even monarchs have need of authors, and fear their pens more than ugly women the painter's pencil. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
“He has a saying: he'll only believe what can be written on a postcard.” — John le Carré Copy Share Image
It's harder to write a story with just two people in a room than with 50 characters. — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
“It's not often you find someone who is a good friend and good writer, Charlotte was both.” — E Copy Share Image
I'm a poet. I'm just a renaissance man in my heart. I can build shelves and I can write poetry. — Anthony Mackie Copy Share Image
Writing is all about self-editing; it's all about being present being aware of what's happening — Joan Armatrading Copy Share Image
I just write about what makes me sad, and then when I write, I hear myself. It's like therapy, where I write… — Jain Copy Share Image
Your whole life you are really writing one book, which is an attempt to grasp the consciousness of your time and place–… — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
I think I'm more sympathetic to writers, to the work and the struggle and the craft of it, than when I was… — John Searles Copy Share Image
When I suffer in mind, stories are my refuge; I take them like opium; and consider one who writes them as a… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
Do I resent rich people? No. The best or worst I can do is notice them. I agree with the great Socialist… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
My family is filled with wonderful storytellers. I lack their gift of gab, so it's a relief to be able to write. — Eden Robinson Copy Share Image
You have to keep your audience in your mind; if you're writing stuff that you know nobody's going to care about then… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“What satisfaction do you, personally, get from being a writer?" Lanark tried to remember. He said, "It's the only disciplined work I… — Alasdair Gray Copy Share Image
“A skillful literary artist has constructed a tale. If wise, he has not fashioned his thoughts to accommodate his incidents; but having… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Everything creative is somewhat collaborative. If you're a painter and someone stretches your canvas, it was collaborative on some level. Ultimately I'm… — Ron White Copy Share Image
When I began playing the lute, in 1950 there were not too many lutenists around. I had to work hard, writing out… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
While the romance genre has expanded so much over the years, in an odd way it's also narrowed, with too many people… — JoAnn Ross Copy Share Image
“It should surprise no one that the life of the writer--such as it is--is colorless to the point of sensory deprivation. Many… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“Stories serve multiple purposes. At a basic level they are great entertainment, which is essential for living a happy and healthy life,… — Dean F. Wilson Copy Share Image
There is, in fact, not much point in writing a novel unless you can show the possibility of moral transformation, or an… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
My mind wanders terribly. I'm not wholly annoyed by my daydreaming as it has been immense use to me as regards imaginative… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
