Writing Quotes · Page 178

Sometimes, people write the things they can't say

— Haley James Scott

“A good book should rewire your brain”

— Ray Hartley

“How become a writer? Naturally.”

— Edward Abbey

“You write. You play. Tell me.”

— Jaci Burton

I am a writer of the textbooks of scientology.

— L. Ron Hubbard

You can't be a jerk in order to be a good writer.

— Ann Patchett

Writing is the lonely sport of sad sacks.

— Lauren Groff

writing, like living, is lonely work.

— Blanche Willis Howard

I do like writing songs in a band. When it's rock, it's such a different kind of dynamic, obviously.

— Colin Hay

I write to find what I have to say. I edit to figure out how to say it right.

— Cheryl Strayed

Texting is fingered speech. Now we can write the way we talk.

— Anonymous

When a man does not write his poetry, it escapes by other vents through him.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

At night, never go to bed without knowing what you'll write tomorrow.

— Ernest Hemingway

“Fill your papers with the breathings of your heart.”

— Anonymous

I didn't lie, I was writing fiction with my mouth." Homer Simpson

— Matt Groening

It doubles your perception, to write from the point of view of someone you're not.

— Michael Ondaatje

If you can write and create original characters, do your own show, develop your own material, it gives you more power than…

— Molly Shannon

I would much rather not be the center of attention, and I'd much rather travel and be writing my novel, rather than…

— Willis Earl Beal

“drill one hole after another into [language] until that which lurks behind, be it something or nothing, starts seeping through – I…

— Samuel Beckett

My great fear of being attacked or trivialized by my contemporaries made me concentrate on what I was trying to do as…

— Pat Conroy

No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty…

— John Peter Zenger

Being an insomniac only slows me down. I try not to write at night, as I'm concerned that this will affect the…

— Elliot Perlman

I kept a diary as a teenager but I never would have shared it with anyone. Still, I think it's very good…

— Judy Blume

My inspiration comes from that and so I wrote ‘Killing Jesus,’ because I think I was directed to write that.

— Bill O'Reilly

I think you find stories with fresh perspectives, and there can be a danger in the opposite way when you start getting…

— Amy Chozick

Tips for aspiring writers: don't be afraid of writing rubbish. It's very easy to become hypnotised by an empty page or screen.…

— Frances Hardinge

My parents offered me my first camera for my birthday and I developed an exclusive passion for it over the years. Since…

— Hedi Slimane

“Their ghosts are gagged, their books are library flotsam, Some of their names - not all - we learnt in school But,…

— Louis MacNeice

I'd like to ghost-write Liz Phair's novel. But I don't really know about that. It seems like a dignified thing to segue…

— Stephen Malkmus

ART Art is that thing having to do only with itself—the product of a successful attempt to make a work of art.…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

When you write a great song, it just blows you away. When you write a song that connects with people around the…

— Gwen Stefani

I've written short stories in first person, but you have so much more control writing in third person. Third person, you know…

— Tamora Pierce

Writing music is my therapy. It’s very purifying!

— Amy Lee

I'm not Mr. Hollywood. I'm a book writer.

— Michael Connelly

I'm not a writer. I like being a reader.

— Brian Reynolds Myers

I spend most of my time writing.

— Louise Erdrich

I love my band. I love to play. I love to write.

— David Bryan

“Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.”

— Juvenal

In a good play, everyone is in the right.

— Christian Friedrich Hebbel

“Art is the overflow of emotion into action.”

— Brian Raif