Writing Quotes · Page 171

Poetry is prose in slow motion.

— Nicholson Baker

I think best with a pencil in my hand.

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“You don't need a big pen to write a tall story”

— Benny Bellamacina

I do like to write about dark subjects.

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

If you wish to write, write.

— Epictetus

In certain ways writing is a form of prayer.

— Denise Levertov

To write, you need to find what you love.

— D. J. MacHale

One writes what one can, or has to, write.

— Neel Mukherjee

Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn't even write them down.

— Bob Goff

I suppose I have an active imagination, and writing allows me to live it out.

— Richard Paul Evans

I'm not writing for myself. I'm writing as an educator, I'm writing to stimulate others.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I am not a politics wonk. I like the idea of my writing reflecting more about who I am or other people.

— Peter Morgan

“What I’m writing to you is not for reading— it’s for being.”

— Clarice Lispector

“Writing is like a muscle, the more you use it, the stronger it gets.”

— Avery Breyer

In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.

— Alexandre Dumas

It's a leap of faith doing any serialised storytelling.

— J. J. Abrams

The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked…

— Ed Sheeran

“Some writers add beauty to the world while others lament its ugliness. Left with these two options, I'd say Wiener wasn't so…

— Gabriela Weiner

Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless. . .

— Oscar Wilde

“All might appear calm, as it did at the time of this writing, but make no mistake: our global monetary system still…

— Paul Vigna

I know I stand visibly onstage, but my function is still unseen, because I rarely see the immediate results of what I…

— Larry Norman

“I remember calling the council's cemetery department to ask about body decomposition in different soil types. Once they had verified that I…

— Sara Sheridan

“And this is what being an artist means, being a poet? To sacrifice yourself for your art, sacrifice your heart for your…

— Charlotte Eriksson

In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are…

— Tea Obreht

We live in such a hyperliterate world, soaked and saturated in writing: on our machines, on the streets, on our television screens.…

— Tim Carmody

I'm not going to pursue it the way that actors pursue it which means going to all of the auditions and getting…

— Julie Delpy

There was one moment, and it happened in school. I had a big final exam - we were supposed to write a…

— Tim Burton

Melodies can be good depending on the context. You can have a simple melody, and if the harmony behind it is interesting,…

— Donald Fagen

Many a scientist has patiently designed experiments for the purpose of substantiating his belief that animal operations are motivated by no purposes.…

— Alfred North Whitehead

I was a 20-something woman living in London and didn't want to write about a 20-something woman living in London! It's an…

— Emma Healey

In my early 20s, I started doing comedy. I started doing auditions in Chicago. It led me to writing my own sketches…

— Deon Cole

“The act of writing down your goals solidifies your commitment to your dreams. When you review them, you refine your focus, energize…

— Linsey Mills

I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.

— Theodore Sturgeon

I despair of ever writing excellent poetry.

— Isaac Rosenberg

My father was a writer and an acting teacher.

— Noah Hathaway

“I write more with the words I leave out.”

— Bryant McGill

I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

— Carl Sandburg

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.

— Elmore Leonard

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

— Jerry B. Jenkins

I've been a writer my whole life.

— Scheana Shay