Because a man can write great works he is none the less a man. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Note, the reply will not be "I write," an act that I have, after all, been performing since I was nine. — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write. — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
I don't think I can write the story of my life, but I can write the story of my hair. — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
“As a storyteller, I appreciate a great tale. As a cat lover, I appreciate a great tail.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Whenever I write a novel, most of the time it starts with barest slip of an idea. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I think my writing changed when I put 'the' in front of my titles. It had more command. — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
I'm a singer, a writer and an actress - when I find something that I feel good enough about doing. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
The fierce and partial writers of the times, ascribing all virtue to themselves, and imputing all guilt to their adversaries, have painted… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The music I listen to while writing is really scene-specific. It's just a great motivator, a way to put myself in the… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Children can't help but create: they need to put their mind on the page, they want to paint, to sculpt, to write… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Don't worry about appearing sentimental. Worry about being unavailable; worry about… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I feel that I am writing out of a full life. I am a rich man, rich in men known, in adventures… — Sherwood Anderson Copy Share Image
I can write a story in working-class Stockholm Swedish, but I'm not going to assume I can perform the same feat with… — Karin Tidbeck Copy Share Image
This country's crazy in terms of fame and what people think it means. They expect a writer to be something between a… — Kent Haruf Copy Share Image
But if there is such a thing as social commitment in literature, I think it must manifest itself in a reader's awareness… — Bel Kaufman Copy Share Image
When you can sit down with a plain sheet of paper in front of you and make some notes, and, little by… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
The original idea of blog publishing was that writer and reader would be on the same level. That it would be a… — Nick Denton Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's binge eating as a method to handle emotional pain. I'll also write very sporadically - music, lyrics - to identify… — Brendan Dooling Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a writer, but Alan Moore's work and help inspired me to write comics. In some ways the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“It never ceases to amaze me how prosaic, pedestrian, unimaginative people can persistently pontificate about classical grammatical structure as though it's fucking… — Abbe Diaz Copy Share Image
“You will and should do everything in your power to improve your actual writing skills. You’ll work hard to create characters that… — James Dashner Copy Share Image
You start out performing because it's fun, then you learn more things and you want to do more than go "Na-na-na-na" on… — Grace Slick Copy Share Image
