“I live. I write. I watch old movies. I read. I watch the sunset. I watch the moon rise.” — W.P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
If I don't cry while writing a key emotional scene, my gut feeling is it's failed. — Jojo Moyes Copy Share Image
“Speech is a spell, and words, once ejected into the air, warp the weave of worlds.” — Ho Tzu Nyen Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I'm walking through the world. — Stewart O'Nan Copy Share Image
I used to play guitar for myself and write lyrics and listen to different styles of music. — Rokia Traore Copy Share Image
“The book was blunt and had an honesty about it, whereas the movie was just a beautiful lie.” — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
The writer who can't do his job looks to his editor to do it for him, though he won't dream of sharing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is a very good exercise, at least from a historian's point of view, to imagine oneself a devout pagan while reading… — Ramsay MacMullen Copy Share Image
I am proud to be a Turk, and to write in Turkish about Turkey - and to have been translated into about… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
When I was in improv workshops or doing stand-up or writing comedy with others, or just doing comedy, I just laughed. Funny… — Michael Keaton Copy Share Image
I was a kind of angsty teenager and I would write diaries and write stuff down all the time. Sometimes I get… — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
I thought, well I can do that. I couldn't be bothered writing a book review, because I'd have to read the book,… — Eddie Campbell Copy Share Image
My dream was to write a book and see it published. I didn't dare imagine anything beyond that, so, I'm trying to… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
In terms of 'Ray Donovan,' the story is so rich, the actors are so fantastic, the writing is impeccable. And it's such… — Katherine Moennig Copy Share Image
I had my own insecurities, which a lot of my comedy would come from, about not being able to live up to… — Charlie Day Copy Share Image
I enjoy journalism; anybody does. You see the results immediately; you've got an immediate audience instead of having to wait for your… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
When I get a beautifully written piece of material, I immediately start imagining how I would interpret it. I love just daydreaming… — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
No theoretician, no writer on art, however interesting he or she might be, could be as interesting as Picasso. A good writer… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
My house has too many distractions. There's the email. There's checking my Amazon ranking. I know I'm the only author who's ever… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“He who could write so easily, who could spend a thousand words down along his plunging fingers on the green-rubber keyboard of… — Laura Z. Hobson Copy Share Image
Mann was profoundly influenced by two philosophers, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, who returned to the most ancient of all philosophical questions - "How… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
“Soon after you confront the matter of preserving your identity, another question will occur to you: “Who am I writing for?” It’s… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
