Writing Quotes · Page 184

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

— Terry Pratchett

Let's give the historians something to write about

— Propertius

To write for children at all is an act of faith.

— Madeleine L'Engle

It blows my mind the way Frank Miller can write.

— Brittany Murphy

Biography should be written by an acute enemy.

— Arthur Balfour

“The words come at my call but who calls whom?”

— Jeanette Winterson

I really absolutely loved writing my first book.

— Jill Davis

The writer studies literature, not the world.

— Annie Dillard

Most of the stories I write are women's stories - but the darker, unseen stories.

— Frankie Shaw

“Writing is like a raft with a slow leak; sometimes it floats, sometimes it doesn't.”

— CB Smith

We all in the same picture but all got different poses.

— Lil Wayne

“My advice is to write during commercial breaks, and read while your favorite TV show is on mute.”

— Jarod Kintz

Write what you care about. If you do that, you stand the best chance of doing your best writing.

— Jerry Spinelli

Writing a poem is making music with words and space.

— Arnold Adoff

I love to write humor. If I could make a living doing it that is all I would write.

— W. E. B. Griffin

Writing is the process by which you explain to yourself what happened to you.

— Arlene Croce

I enjoy the process of writing. The torment comes in getting my bottom on the chair and in front of the typewriter.

— Caryl Rivers

“You have to let people see what you wrote. It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring on…

— Tina Fey

Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to…

— Voltaire

My creative partner is a writer, and he's got an executive producing credit on this film. We've made three films together and…

— Taylor Hackford

I think one of the biggest mistakes you can make as a writer is to follow your initial [writing] plan too stringently.…

— Patrick Rothfuss

When I'm not singing, I'm a lot of persons: I'm a producer. I'm a badminton player. I'm a writer. I'm a movie…

— Arijit Singh

All I care about really is writing something worthwhile for children, something that will engage them in some way and stimulates in…

— Julie Andrews

I spent seven years writing The Free World. There are a lot of things I accomplished there that I'm very proud of,…

— David Bezmozgis

My own personal task is not simply that of poet and writer (still less commentator, pseudo-prophet); it is basically to praise God…

— Thomas Merton

I find it hard to express myself when writing from the f - - - heart or the a - , or…

— Liam Gallagher

You know what they're writing about Baby you know what they're writing about It's a thing called love down through the ages…

— Van Morrison

Be an unstoppable force. Write with an imaginary machete strapped to your thigh. This is not wishy-washy, polite, drinking-tea-with-your-pinkie-sticking-out stuff. It’s who…

— Laini Taylor

I enjoy the acting, but I didn't plan on that. It fell into my lap, and I'm having a lot of fun…

— David Labrava

To represent a bad thing in its least offensive light is, doubtless, the most agreeable course for a writer of fiction to…

— Anne Bronte

Steve Yarbrough is a writer of many gifts, but what makes Safe from the Neighbors such a magnificent achievement is its moral…

— Ron Rash

“there are stories everywhere and that people who wait for the right one to come along before setting pen to paper end…

— Kate Morton

If you own this story you get to write the ending.

— Brené Brown

I'm a writer first and a singer second.

— Lana Del Rey

“Devote yourself to reading, learning and writing.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I've always wanted to write poems and nothing else.

— Mary Oliver

[Writing] has helped me meet people.

— PJ Harvey

I was just as voracious a writer as I was a reader.

— Iris Johansen

Genius is the art of taking pains

— Claude C. Hopkins

“A cliche is a cliche because it works”

— Feige Gornish